Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262249AbUKDPKb (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:10:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262253AbUKDPKb (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:10:31 -0500 Received: from out003pub.verizon.net ([206.46.170.103]:53701 "EHLO out003.verizon.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262249AbUKDPKZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:10:25 -0500 From: Gene Heskett Reply-To: gene.heskett@verizon.net Organization: Organization: None, detectable by casual observers To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: is killing zombies possible w/o a reboot? Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:10:23 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 Cc: Ian Campbell , Jan Knutar , Tom Felker References: <200411030751.39578.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <200411040907.22684.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <1099578240.2856.51.camel@icampbell-debian> In-Reply-To: <1099578240.2856.51.camel@icampbell-debian> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200411041010.23990.gene.heskett@verizon.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out003.verizon.net from [151.205.42.194] at Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:10:24 -0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1324 Lines: 35 On Thursday 04 November 2004 09:24, Ian Campbell wrote: >grep -r sysrq /etc Gets me a bunch. The revelant ones would be: /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K20iscsi: if [ -e /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq ] ; then /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/K20iscsi: echo "1" > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq and /etc/rc.d/rc.local:# Turn on the magic sysrq keys /etc/rc.d/rc.local:echo 1 >/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq But, what about this: /etc/sysctl.conf:# Disables the magic-sysrq key /etc/sysctl.conf:kernel.sysrq = 0 which I just commented out... And this: /etc/linuxconf/archive/Office/etc/sysctl.conf,v:kernel.sysrq = 0 But everything there is dated early 2001. I think its filesystem cruft nowadays, subject to being a space patrol target eventually. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.28% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/