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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: Goodbye to KDE (for now)
From:       Roberto Alsina <ralsina () unl ! edu ! ar>
Date:       1998-08-31 12:25:10
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On Fri, 28 Aug 1998, Kevin Forge wrote:

> Roberto Alsina wrote:
> > 
> > Well, sorry to hear this.
> > However, let me give you a couple of advices if you intend to be a
> > serious system administrator.
> > 
> > 1) NEVER run a production server without setting memory limits.
> 
> How do you set memory limits ?  A pointer to some relevant docs/howto
> would save me a lot of hair pulling ( I run a LOT of alpha level crap
> and need to kill stuff very often ).

If you are on linux: man bash and then "/ulimit"

If you are in about any other OS: man ulimit.

> > 2) "it leaks" is not really a very helpful bug description.
> 
> Funny how that always works for the plumber :)

You usually add a modifier like "the sink leaks" :-)

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