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authorPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>2011-01-14 14:12:37 +0100
committerPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>2011-01-14 14:12:37 +0100
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Merge branch 'master' of git://1984.lsi.us.es/net-next-2.6
Conflicts: net/ipv4/route.c Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
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@@ -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