artificial limit, 1024 processes by user

[Michał Piotrowski]

Hi,

2011/5/14 Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez at gmail.com>:
> hi,
>
> default is 24010, but it was reduced to 1024 by
> user(included root) in: /etc/security/limits.d/90-nproc.conf
> to prevent accidental fork bombs(see rhbz #432903).
>
> Is it still worth it?

IMHO yes.

> The kernel brings oom_kill.

OOMK is just a blind butcher.

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