Re: Local DoS : RedHat 6.0

[jjd () QUEBIX NET (~jim)]

Ok, just a few clarifications on my original email because I've been
getting a lot of RTFM replies.

1) I am fully aware of the advantages of remote logins to fix such
   problems (I've done it many times before), however I did not have
   network access at the time... this was my home machine.  Although I
   was on the internet at the time, I did not have my local IP handy.  A
   hard reboot was my *only* option.

2) I am well aware of what "kill -9 -1" does.  I'm not a *NIX newbie. ;-)
   My typing it was a "boo-boo."

3) My main concern was that a normal every day non-super user can do this
   if they have the ability to start an X session.  I just wasn't sure if
   this was an OS specific problem or (as was pointed out) an XFree86
   problem.  IMHO, a regular user should not be able to crash an X
   session so easily.

4) A load of thanks to everyone who replied.  :-)  I'll just have to be a
   little more careful about what I type.

All the best,
~jim

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