A challenge (was Re: Of course, they'll deny it.)

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Author: George Toft
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Subject: A challenge (was Re: Of course, they'll deny it.)
Yeah, the idea is how to regain control of the box without rebooting.

George


Nathan England wrote:
>
> >
> > *** DO NOT TRY THIS UNLESS YOU WANT TO REBOOT ***
> > Here's my script:
> > #!/bin/bash
> >
> > while [ 1 ]; do
> >         # Make a copy
> >         cp corewar corewar.$$

> >
> >         # Run it
> >         ./corewar.$$ &

> >
> > # Start over
> > done
> >
> > *** DO NOT TRY THIS UNLESS YOU WANT TO REBOOT ***
> >
> > Here's the challenge: how do you clean up these processes without
> > using init 0, init 1, init 6, reboot, or shutdown?
> >
> > Now I'm guilty of #3, above.
> >
> > George
> >
>
> Use one of the bootable business cards. Boot that, mount your drive,
> remove the script, reboot..
>
> yeah? or did I miss the point?
>
> nathan
>
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