:   I've long felt that the best solution to problems like this is a per-user
:swap space quota. This gives admins a knob to manage the allocation of swap
:space while still allowing overcommit. The downside is that it doesn't provide
:a graceful way for a program to recover from it's overconsumption sins. I'd
:argue, however, that buggy software or incorrectly tuned systems should get
:what they deserve.
:
:-DG
:
:David Greenman

    Ooh, cool idea.  If I had that at BEST I would use it snap!  like that!
    A per-user swap quota would work a whole lot better then the current
    numprocs x datasize limit

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>