On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:14:48 -0500, Jeff Kinz <jkinz@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > It is the responsibility of the local sysadmin to set the per user > resources limits to the level appropriate for local needs. > To fix this in all versions of BSD/UNIX/Linux even SCOrch: > Put "ulimit -u <N>" in one of the system wide start up scripts. this > will limit each user to a maximum of "N" processes . > Make N is large enough for each user to run X-windows plus their > applications. 100 will do it for almost everyone. Its pretty big > without being big enough to let a script run away with the system. Thanks, to all the replies. So I gather that other users can misuse only if they have physical access to the said machine ? If its not a big security threat do i still need to setup user limits ? At home its just my 'significant other', a musician :-) and me. We mostly use it for internet, and other general stuff. When not online, we physically disconnect the wire as a precaution as i cannot lose my case studies and backup. I would like to know other better methods to secure my machine. Thanks, -- MR
