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| author | Takashi Iwai | 2010-12-13 09:29:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Takashi Iwai | 2010-12-13 09:29:52 +0100 |
| commit | 354d14b3f53cc749c5d26d4ba7280d1e931d6bc4 (patch) | |
| tree | 59b597e44902d8db8bde7deac1e7e707327c6fe6 /Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt | |
| parent | ALSA: aoa: Remove wrong i2c_set_clientdata in onyx_i2c_remove() (diff) | |
| parent | sound: don't use flush_scheduled_work() (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'topic/workq-update' into topic/misc
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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt index 3894eaa23486..209e1584c3dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ show up in /proc/sys/kernel: - core_uses_pid - ctrl-alt-del - dentry-state +- dmesg_restrict - domainname - hostname - hotplug @@ -213,6 +214,19 @@ to decide what to do with it. ============================================================== +dmesg_restrict: + +This toggle indicates whether unprivileged users are prevented from using +dmesg(8) to view messages from the kernel's log buffer. When +dmesg_restrict is set to (0) there are no restrictions. When +dmesg_restrict is set set to (1), users must have CAP_SYS_ADMIN to use +dmesg(8). + +The kernel config option CONFIG_SECURITY_DMESG_RESTRICT sets the default +value of dmesg_restrict. + +============================================================== + domainname & hostname: These files can be used to set the NIS/YP domainname and the |