[ale] fork killer

[geof at abraxis.com (Geoffrey Myers)]

Christopher Fowler wrote:

> What can keep someone from running this program and taking down linux
> box
> ---- cut here ----
> #include <unistd.h>
> main()
> {
>         int X=0;
>         do
>                 fork();
>         while ( X == 0 )
>         return 0;
> }
> ---------------------

I don't have enough experience with Linux, but I do know that in
SVR3/SVR4 you could limit the maximum number of processes per user via
kernel tunables.  Is this possible under Linux?

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