Thanks for the reply.To be in GPL ,I should go for implementaion as a lkm instead of changing source code.Any Ideas :-)
Thanks and Regards,
Ravi
Seth Arnold wrote:
On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 09:59:50AM +0530, Ravi wrote:
reboot. Hackers take advantage of this and get into the system If user process with root privileges crashes,Linux even gives fecility for remote debugging with root permissions.
To use linux in embeded devices like firewall whose aim is only security, security and security,this problem has to be rectified.
Feel free to search the kernel sources for "dumpable" -- most uses will probably the flag that is checked when a ptrace of a process is requested.
Also, search the code for BUG and panic functions -- you should be able to write a new function that reboots the machine, if this is truly what you want.
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