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author | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> | 2005-08-29 16:40:27 -0400 |
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committer | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> | 2005-08-29 16:40:27 -0400 |
commit | c1b054d03f5b31c33eaa0b267c629b118eaf3790 (patch) | |
tree | 9333907ca767be24fcb3667877242976c3e3c8dd /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | |
parent | 559fb51ba7e66fe298b8355fabde1275b7def35f (diff) | |
parent | bf4e70e54cf31dcca48d279c7f7e71328eebe749 (diff) |
Merge /spare/repo/linux-2.6/
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 35159176997b..9f11d36a8c10 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - shmmax [ sysv ipc ] - shmmni - stop-a [ SPARC only ] +- suid_dumpable - sysrq ==> Documentation/sysrq.txt - tainted - threads-max @@ -300,6 +301,25 @@ 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 |