linux-kernel - Re: How to access Linux Kernel environment Variables ?

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 5 Nov 2014 10:14:37 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
To:	santosh prasad nayak <santoshprasadnayak@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to access Linux Kernel environment Variables ?

On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 9:03 AM, santosh prasad nayak
<santoshprasadnayak@...il.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is there any system call in Linux which serve the purpose of  "kenv()"
> of FreeBSD ?
>
>
> In FreeBSD:
> -----------------
> Kernel environment variables are saved at "/boot/loader.conf"  and
> those variables can be accessed using "kenv()"  system call in C
> program.
> ----------------
>
>
> Is there any similar functionality available in Linux kernel ?

/proc/cmdline?

-- 
Thanks,
//richard
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/