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Article #1090Re: ulimit -- You don't need sources!
From: John F. Haugh II
Date: Fri, 05 May 1989 23:03
Date: Fri, 05 May 1989 23:03
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In article <1153@unh.UUCP> pss@unh.UUCP (Paul S. Sawyer) writes: >In article <5627@xyzzy.UUCP>, duncan@rtp48.dg.com (W. Lee Duncan) writes: >> Simply move /bin/login to, e.g. /usr/lib/old_login (and make it non-setuid). >> Then, create a new /bin/login program (which will be setuid to root): >> >Since INIT is running as root anyway, it can set the ulimit and then call >getty. E.g., in /etc/inittab: > >t000:2:respawn:/etc/gettyup tty000 9600 No - since UNIX forks init directly out of the kernel as root, why not step in there and raise the ulimit before the real init gets to run? Now you only have one wrapper instead of all the getty, login, cron, and what-else-have-you versions.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!killer!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: ulimit -- You don't need sources! Summary: You don't need to write jillions of wrappers either!!! Message-ID: <16463@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> Date: 5 May 89 23:03:36 GMT References: <836@twwells.uucp> <4428@ihuxz.ATT.COM> <545@aurora.AthabascaU.CA> <5627@xyzzy.UUCP> <1153@unh.UUCP> Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II) Organization: River Parishes Programming, Dallas TX Lines: 16