[ale] Process monitoring

[fletch at phydeaux.org (Mike Fletcher)]

>>>>> "Russell" == Russell Enderby <Russell.Enderby at arris-i.com> writes:

    Russell> Has anyone seen an app that would monitor and/or limit
    Russell> the amount of processes a user can run?  It would be nice
    Russell> to also have restrictions on root if the load average
    Russell> exceeds a certain level, etc.

        Per user process limits are built into the kernel.  Check your
shell man page for ulimit or limit (depending on the Borneness or
Cness of the shell), or the getrlimit/setrlimit system call man pages.

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