Re: Sys Admin question

Ralf Baechle (ralf@uni-koblenz.de)
Thu, 28 Oct 1999 10:35:47 +0200


On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 05:01:10PM +0300, Matti Aarnio wrote:

> Yes, memory accounting is per process. We don't have
> (nor BSD has) a per *user* memory limit, although such
> might be of what people like you would love to see.

Per user limits sound like they're going to be fun. Either the limits
overcommit resources which makes them rather useless or user processes
are going to starve each other. Think of funnies like x11amp crashing
your shell and more ...

Ralf

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