X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=Documentation%2Fsysctl%2Fkernel.txt;h=89bf8c20a5860787bc27fc2a5836fd5e0833a051;hb=16c70f8c1b54b61c3b951b6fb220df250fe09b32;hp=b0c7ab93dcb92db3423690382d5d4f8fc4507849;hpb=4e76c8a9fa413ccc09d3f7f664183dcce3555d57;p=linux-2.6.git diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index b0c7ab93d..89bf8c20a 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