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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel_lockdown.7: Remove additional text alluding to
 lifting via SysRq
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From:   "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Hello Dann,

On 6/8/21 10:19 AM, dann frazier wrote:
> My previous patch intended to drop the docs for the lockdown lift SysRq,
> but it missed this other section that refers to lifting it via a keyboard -
> an allusion to that same SysRq.
> 
> Signed-off-by: dann frazier <dann.frazier@canonical.com>

Thanks. Patch applied.

Cheers,

Michael


> ---
>  man7/kernel_lockdown.7 | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/kernel_lockdown.7 b/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
> index b0442b3b6..0c0a9500d 100644
> --- a/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
> +++ b/man7/kernel_lockdown.7
> @@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ modification of the kernel image and to prevent access to security and
>  cryptographic data located in kernel memory, whilst still permitting driver
>  modules to be loaded.
>  .PP
> -Lockdown is typically enabled during boot and may be terminated, if configured,
> -by typing a special key combination on a directly attached physical keyboard.
> -.PP
>  If a prohibited or restricted feature is accessed or used, the kernel will emit
>  a message that looks like:
>  .PP
> 


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