[SOLVED] Linux ssh bash fork retry: no child processes

Issue

I am on arch linux, accessing an account on a server over SSH. I have run a bash script containing recursion that results in an infinite loop of "no such file or directory" which continues despite any interrupt command ctrl C etc, it is totally uninterruptible. This eventually results in an endless stream of bash: fork: No child processes. I cannot execute any commands whilst this happens, and when it stops with "Resource temporarily unavailable", i am unable to execute any commands to kill the script because "bash: fork: No child processes" starts up again. I have no idea what to do, any help?

ps doesn't work

Solution

Looks like you've caused a fork bomb. You can try the methods here to stop it, but you'll most likely end up needing to reboot.

Answered By - logix

Answer Checked By - Mary Flores (WPSolving Volunteer)