Re: [PATCH]: Runtime enable/disable magic sysrq against 2.1.107pre1.

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl)
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 12:11:55 +0200 (CEST)


On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Myrdraal wrote:

> For all those who said that having magic sysrq enabled on a system was
> a security hole:
> This patch will add /proc/sys/debug/sysrq_enable. If you:
> echo "0">/proc/sys/debug/sysrq_enable
> then sysrq won't work. If you:
> echo "1">/proc/sys/debug/sysrq_enable
> then sysrq will work. "1" is the default setting. Comments?

Looking good. This is a simple and 'obviously correct' patch.
It will probably cost less than 100 bytes of kernel space, so
it should (IMHO) just be included in the standard kernel.

... 3... 2... 1... Submission; and we have a liftoff!

Rik.
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