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Re: Slow down a Process

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On Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:26:22 +0200, Dave U. Random wrote:

> Anton Meyninger <anton.meynin...@gmail.com> [AM]: AM> I need to slow
> down a process by 50%. Is there some tool or AM> something which allows
> me to do that?
> 
> If your program uses X11 graphics or creates a lot of screen output, you
> might try running it under a couple (or a couple hundred) nested 'ssh -Y
> ...' shells.
> 
> All but the last one will simply fork a new 'ssh -Y ...' process. The
> las= t
> (innermost) one will actually execute your program. (Using key based ssh
> authorization is a must. You wouldn't want to enter all those passwords
> manually...)
> 
> Hopefully all those encryption/decryption layers will slow down your
> program's execution notably, while all other programs running at the
> same time on the same machine will run at normal speed (with some
> raising of the 'ssh' processes' nice value).
> 
> This hasn't been tested. If you do test it, please post your results.

Hahaha, an awesome idea! And even though I did not thought so, it works. 
I am not into that Linux-thing, so I just opened a terminal, entered ssh -
X 127.0.0.1, logged in and did the same again about ten times. Now, the 
game really runs slower (maybe half speed).

Thanks!

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Re: Slow down a Process Dave U. Random <anonymous@anonymitaet-im-inter.net> - 2011-07-09 00:26 +0200
  Re: Slow down a Process Anton Meyninger <anton.meyninger@gmail.com> - 2011-07-13 14:45 +0100
  Re: Slow down a Process "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at> - 2011-07-24 21:15 +0200

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