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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysctl')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | 25 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt index 0b62c62142cf..5c3a51905969 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/fs: - inode-state - overflowuid - overflowgid +- suid_dumpable - super-max - super-nr @@ -131,6 +132,25 @@ The default is 65534. ============================================================== +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. + +============================================================== + super-max & super-nr: These numbers control the maximum number of superblocks, and 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 |