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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!noc.netcom.net!news.sprintlink.net!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!oitnews.harvard.edu!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!nmtigw!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Zombie processes eating up CPU time (was Re: Internet Service Provider) Message-ID: <id.PK6K1.RM7@nmti.com> Sender: peter@nmti.com (peter da silva) Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI References: <3pqb92$lq2@pt9201.ped.pto.ford.com> <3prh5v$au8@fnord.dfw.net> <D91uu8.7J3@twwells.com> <3pub0e$ppd@gate.sinica.edu.tw> Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 23:33:34 GMT Lines: 13 In article <3pub0e$ppd@gate.sinica.edu.tw>, Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> wrote: > Our solution: give every user a CPU quota. See the man page on > csh/tcsh for the built-in "limit" command, and the man pages for > getrlimit(2) and setrlimit(2). You've already considered the option of fixing the programs so they don't ignore SIGHUP, of course? -- Peter da Silva `-_-' Network Management Technology Incorporated 'U` 1601 Industrial Blvd. Sugar Land, TX 77478 USA +1 713 274 5180 "Har du kramat din varg idag?"