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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/5] ptrace: it is fun to strace /sbin/init

> Ptracing of /sbin/init is not allowed. Of course, this is very dangerous, but
> may be useful. Introduce the kernel boot parameter to allow this.
...
> @@ -803,6 +803,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
> Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
> process.
>
> + init_ptrace [KNL] Allows to ptrace init. Very dangerous. Don't use.
> +

I don't know what ptracing init is good for, and I believe people
wanting to do this kind of special stuff can patch their own kernel...


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