Re: default `kernel.yama.ptrace_scope = 0` revisited. update to >=1 ?

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On 8/14/24 11:21 PM, pgnd wrote:
>> Why though? It doesn't make any sense that a program only works
>> when ptrace is more restricted unless it's deliberately checking
>> that setting and refusing to run when it is zero.
> 
> Atm, no idea. The answer lies with 1pass.
> 
>> Setting it to 1 might be fine for an average user but for anybody
>> using their machine for development work it will be a real problem.
> 
> Anyone "using their machine for development work" is a far more likely candidate for making necessary changes to their own systems than a non-dev user.

Developers don't always own the systems they work on, so then it becomes
an IT/admin request to weaken security, which may be rejected out of
hand. (Regardless whether this is actually weak in any meaningful way.)

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