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Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:31:46 +0800
From: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.sg>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] coredump: cleanup documentation for suid_dumpable
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Hi Alan,

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:03:40 +0800
> Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.sg> wrote:
> 
>> This patch removes documentation that is related to suidsafe core dump
>> mode.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.sg>
> 
> NAK - this feature is actively used and can be set by the sysctl
> interface. The PRCTL fixup was just a bug being fixed. The sysctl
> interface is still relevant.

Thank you for correcting me. Appreciated. I am not aware that it is still
being actively used. May I know who or which program is using this feature?

Thanks,
Eugene