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  1. Bug #391761
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 391761

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 391761] Re: process limit unlimited (regression)

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:03:45AM -0000, Jan Rathmann wrote:
> I just did the "fork bomb test" (entering :(){ :|:&};: in a terminal) on
> my Oneiric installation, and it still crashes the system.

How does it "crash"?

What does 'ulimit -u' show from a terminal on this system?

> This should not happen if I get this report right, so perhaps the report
> should be re-opened?

Probably not. PAM is now correctly getting its defaults from the kernel; if
one of those defaults is inadequate, there should be a new bug filed against
the kernel.

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