informations about boot sequence (Re: F15 - mysql start problem)

[Miloslav Trmač]

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 1:33 AM, Lennart Poettering
<mzerqung at 0pointer.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 10.05.11 01:31, Miloslav Trmač (mitr at volny.cz) wrote:
>
>>
>> 2011/5/10 Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at gmail.com>:
>> > Let's make this simple:
>> >
>> > FAQ: How can I make my system unusable? How can I create a denial of service?
>> >
>> > Answer: On default systems there are multiple ways to do this, please
>> > choose one or more of the following:
>>
>> That's all true, on the other hand there are countermeasures
>> available; in larger organizations the countermeasures are documented,
>> configured on each system, and their presence is periodically
>> verified.
>
> Countermeasures for the /dev/shm issue? I don't know of any. tmpfs
> doesn't do quota. That's the key problem here.

mount options, file permissions, SELinux.  Perhaps not something that
you'd want to do on a general-purpose desktop, but quite reasonable
for a single-purpose server.
    Mirek