Subject: Re: pwdb busy
To: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/24/1997 10:44:29
On June 24, you wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 24, 1997 at 10:38:11AM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> 
> > > 4. user manages to suspend and kill -9 vi
> > 
> >   Yes.  Too many people think "kill -9" is the *only* way to kill a
> > process.  I even know someone who aliased "kill" to "kill -9".  *sigh*
> 
> Well, there should be _no_ way for a normal user to lock an essential
> file (resource) like this.  IMHO.

  I would have to agree.

                         -Dave McGuire
                          mcguire@neurotica.com