Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 May 1998 09:49:46 +0200 | From | Andreas Haumer <> | Subject | Re: Linux-2.0.34 & crashme |
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Hi!
Philip Blundell wrote: > > >Well, I tried it both as root and as unprivileged user, > >and guess what: Linux-2.0.34pre16 locked solid in both > >cases after just about 10 minutes... :-( > > Running crashme as root is dangerous. You can kill the machine as root > yourself, and crashme can do it too if it manages to make the right system > calls. > I'm perfectly aware of that! This test was more or less a cross-check. I'm more concerned that crashme running under an unprivileged UID could lock the machine! But as I don't have any more data points (no oops, no syslog entry) right now I can't say what went wrong exactly.
I would be interested in other reports of crashme tests for Linux-2.0.34prexy. Anyone having better experiences?
- andreas
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