The 'nice' command will lower priorities. Regards, Tony Melia MCP Server Support Group * +353 1 2044208 * Tony_Melia@Dell.com <<...>> -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Bagueros [SMTP:rbaguer@freenet.columbus.oh.us] Sent: Friday, December 04, 1998 6:09 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Cc: colug@bopper.wcbe.org Subject: [SuSE Linux] Sysadmin Question I am wondering what kind of precautions can be taken against runaway system processes... specifically, as in user's cgi scripts. It doesn't seem fair to just kill the process, causing potential damage to a database or something. On the other hand, the system load cannot run away. What is a good recommended system load, or is there one? (is it machine specific?) Is there a way to assign lower priority to certain processes, causing *them* to run slower rather than the whole machine? (and don't tell me to order a book, because i just did, it just isn't here yet!) thanks!-- ryan - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>