Compile on Severn, runs on RH9, segfaults on Severn

[Alan Cox]

> > > echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield
> >
> > Yes, I tried that too and it made no difference.
> 
> Have you tried echo 3 >/proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield as well. The release
> notes are somewhat abiguous as to which value turns it off, though
> admittedly 0 is more likely than 3.

You want echo "0" > or "3" > otherwise lots of shells will parse it as

3>/proc/sys/foo which is a redirect of fd 3 not writing 3...