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[Bug 1853707] Re: Whole system stopped responding because of single program's fault - no way out, had to force power off

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From: Daniel van Vugt <daniel.van.vugt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 01:57:57 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 1853707 <1853707@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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I suggest the simplest solution to protecting the OS right now is to ask
the kernel to set a hard limit on individual process memory usage (e.g.
half your RAM size or something), by editing:

  /etc/security/limits.conf

or adding a new config file in:

  /etc/security/limits.d/

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  way out, had to force power off

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