> In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.981109200116.1058A-100000@z.ml.org>,
> Gregory Maxwell <linker@z.ml.org> wrote:
> >
> >I ran it on a 2.0 system with QNX schedular patch. It did 254 in 0
> >seconds.. I then tried 10000 and it killed init.. :)
> >
> >Damn.. The box had like 150days uptime.
>
> What _is_ it with people who run other peoples C programs as root
> without looking deeply into what they do? I'm surprised you had an
> uptime that big ;)
>
> Now, the obvious thing to do was to test it as a normal user: never
> _ever_ test as root unless you have to.
I just ran the stuff thinking ``I'm not root, it's going to be OK''.
As the X server died I realized I'd screwed up. This is why I have
a DEC vt320 terminal on my Alphastation (OpenBSD); so I can telnet
in to reboot Linux. I wish I could reset my Matrox Mill2 like I
could my old Trio64V+... :(
> And if you tested as a normal user first and wondered why it kicked you
> out to the login prompt, the first reaction should _not_ be "Oh, cool, I
> wonder what that does if I run it as root" ;)
That's like telling a child not to touch something because it
is hot. You have to burn your fingers before you ``know'' what
hot means... :)
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