How do I limit I/O usage for a user/process? A user broke my system

[Littlefield, Tyler]

On 8/19/2016 9:54 AM, krad wrote:
> Does the same issue happen with vim no nano? If not maybe just remove pico.
>
That's a slippery slope. Just use login classes to limit usage.
> On 19 August 2016 at 11:44, Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve at sohara.org> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:16:57 +0200
>> "Martin S. Weber" <Ephaeton at gmx.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2016-08-19 10:40:58, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
>>> (...)
>>>>     Very likely the problem was due to memory use and you are tight
>>>> on memory for your normal load.
>>>
>>> Which, as I might add, *should* be the normal usage pattern of a box.
>>
>>         You want all the memory in use I agree, but you don't want it so
>> tight that there is constant memory pressure so there should be a goodly
>> amount inactive, in cache and buffers. If there is swap activity then you
>> are too tight for the load.
>>
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