linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ptrace: it is fun to strace /sbin/init

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Message-ID: <87r6dzi0mw.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	25 Mar 2008 11:00:39 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
	xemul@...nvz.org, pavel@....cz, sds@...ho.nsa.gov,
	roland@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ptrace: it is fun to strace /sbin/init

Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> writes:
> 
> Why not just unconditionally enable root's abiltiy to ptrace init?

It would be fine to allow this unconditionally if there was some mechanism
to make sure someone else takes over reaping childs while init is ptraced.

I like the general idea -- i used to patch kernels to allow this too,
but it is dangerous.

-Andi
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