Re: 2.2.0 SECURITY - *IMPORTANT*

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Wed, 27 Jan 1999 17:28:31 -0500

In message <36AF2190.78EF3F58@pobox.com>, Mark Lord writes:
+-----
| Alex Buell wrote:
| > Temporary workaround - type in the following:
| > limit coredumpsize 0
| >
| > This will tell Linux NEVER to dump a core. Do this for accounts you think
| > might do something like ldd core. =)
|
| Where did you get that "limit" command from?
| My system has no such program.
+--->8

Shell builtin (since it's inherited by subprocesses, the shell has to do it,
just like chdir and environment settings). *csh calls it "limit", sh-like
shells (including bash) call it "ulimit".

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