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20 ways to break Linux

Oct 08, 2011, 06:00 (1 Talkback[s])

"Here we share some of the ways you can trash Linux so you don't make the same mistakes we did.

01. Fill a filesystem

If the filesystem containing /var fills up, nothing can write its log messages and all sorts of system processes may stall. This can be caused by a runaway process spamming /var/log or, if everything is on the same filesystem, it could be all the downloads in your home directory.

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