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while (fork()); will cause a world of hurt on a multi-user Unix, even non-root.
by gcv 15y ago
while (fork());
will cause a world of hurt on a multi-user Unix, even non-root.
- throwaway64 15y agonot if you have sane ulimits on processes, like any multiuser machines should
- kabdib 15y agoI did this once, just to see what would happen. (I hadn't read Lion's notes yet). The admin came running (well, fast-walking) and asked me if I knew what I was doing. "Now I do," I replied. "No, you don't," he said. The next morning there was a photocopy of Lion's Notes on V6 Unix on my desk. I learned a lot from that guy, and that illicit copy of LN.