Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:19:18 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: Sysctl syscall |
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On Nov 16 2006 00:03, Hasso Tepper wrote: > >Compiling the program which uses a lot "sysctl" syscalls, gives me this >warning on Debian unstable: > >"warning: the `sysctl' syscall has been removed from 2.6.18+ kernels, >direct access to `/proc/sys' should be used instead." > >Is it true?
Well it was unobsoleted in 2.6.19 if I followed the list correctly.
>And what can be used as alternative which would work with both >2.4 and 2.6 kernels >and would work with capabilities (sys/capability.h)? >Accessing `/proc/sys' directly isn't such alternative as it doesn't work >with capabilities.
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