Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Date | Sat, 02 Jun 2001 12:10:28 -0700 | Subject | Re: missing sysrq |
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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!
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