From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: missing sysrq
Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 12:10:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B193A24.B41CF6EC@transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E156Ggf-00021X-00@the-village.bc.nu>
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > Let me guess... you're using a RedHat system? RedHat, for some
> > idiotic reason, defaults to actively turning this off for you (and
> > they turn Stop-A off on SPARC, too.)
> >
>
> We turn it off by default because its a rather large dangerous security
> hole to leave around when a naiive user makes a basic installation. It is much
> better that it is enabled by someone who knows what they are doing and makes
> the decision to do so. Thats why we contributed the patch to make syrq runtime
> configurable
>
> Tools like powertweak even give you a nice gui interface for managing it.
Sure, if you know about it and know how to find it!
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-02 19:11 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.10.10106011050380.2614-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2001-06-01 20:52 ` missing sysrq Dieter Nützel
2001-06-01 22:31 ` george anzinger
2001-06-01 22:58 ` Dieter Nützel
2001-06-01 23:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-06-02 19:03 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-02 19:10 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-06-02 22:08 ` Russell King
2001-06-02 22:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-06-02 22:39 ` Russell King
2001-06-02 22:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] <200106010338.VAA13405@totalrecall.idcomm.com>
2001-06-01 16:05 ` D. Stimits
2001-06-01 3:51 Dieter Nützel
2001-06-08 2:46 ` Mike A. Harris
2001-06-08 4:38 ` D. Stimits
2001-06-09 1:10 ` David Ford
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-05-31 7:13 D. Stimits
2001-05-31 21:43 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2001-05-31 23:48 ` D. Stimits
2001-06-08 2:50 ` Mike A. Harris
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