How do you make your UNIX crash ???

Steve Simmons scs at iti.org
Wed Mar 13 02:11:36 AEST 1991


In an article, tndsyd.oz.au!berny (Berny Goodheart) writes:
>I am interested in finding out known ways to make your version of UNIX
>crash.

In article <513 at bria> Michaoe Stefanik replies:

>main()
>{
>int fd;
>long now;

>	time(&now);
>	if ( (fd = open("/dev/kmem",O_RDWR)) == -1 )
>		return(1);
>	while ( write(fd,&now,sizeof(long)) == sizeof(long) )
>		;
>	close(fd);
>	return(0);
>}

Too verbose.  On a Sun, try 'b etc/dump' at the '>' prompt.

Do I need a smiley?
-- 
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  Peter Behrendt, president of Exabyte.  Quoted in Digital Review, Feb 4, 1991.



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