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| author | Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> | 2006-09-05 17:20:21 -0400 |
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| committer | Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> | 2006-09-05 17:20:21 -0400 |
| commit | 115b384cf87249d76adb0b21aca11ee22128927d (patch) | |
| tree | f39a2a54863e9d82d1196906f92c82ab5991c6af /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | |
| parent | 8eb7925f93af75e66a240d148efdec212f95bcb7 (diff) | |
| parent | c336923b668fdcf0312efbec3b44895d713f4d81 (diff) | |
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Merge ../linus
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index b0c7ab93dcb9..89bf8c20a586 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - shmmax [ sysv ipc ] - shmmni - stop-a [ SPARC only ] -- suid_dumpable - sysrq ==> Documentation/sysrq.txt - tainted - threads-max @@ -211,9 +210,8 @@ Controls the kernel's behaviour when an oops or BUG is encountered. 0: try to continue operation -1: delay a few seconds (to give klogd time to record the oops output) and - then panic. If the `panic' sysctl is also non-zero then the machine will - be rebooted. +1: panic immediatly. If the `panic' sysctl is also non-zero then the + machine will be rebooted. ============================================================== @@ -311,25 +309,6 @@ kernel. This value defaults to SHMMAX. ============================================================== -suid_dumpable: - -This value can be used to query and set the core dump mode for setuid -or otherwise protected/tainted binaries. The modes are - -0 - (default) - traditional behaviour. Any process which has changed - privilege levels or is execute only will not be dumped -1 - (debug) - all processes dump core when possible. The core dump is - owned by the current user and no security is applied. This is - intended for system debugging situations only. Ptrace is unchecked. -2 - (suidsafe) - any binary which normally would not be dumped is dumped - readable by root only. This allows the end user to remove - such a dump but not access it directly. For security reasons - core dumps in this mode will not overwrite one another or - other files. This mode is appropriate when adminstrators are - attempting to debug problems in a normal environment. - -============================================================== - tainted: Non-zero if the kernel has been tainted. Numeric values, which |
