sysrq-w

[Bryn M. Reeves]

On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 08:35 -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Kevin Kofler wrote:
> > Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
> >> Result is command not found with or without a space
> >> only sysrq file on the system is sysrq.h
> > 
> > SysRq is a key combo (Ctrl+PrntScrn). But it's disabled by default in Fedora
> > for security reasons.
> > 
> >         Kevin Kofler
> > 
> 
> so:
> 
> # sysctl -w kernel.sysrq=1

No need. This sysctl only protects the keyboard interface. As long as
you have write permissions for sysrq-trigger you can use the procfs
interface without setting kernel.sysrq=1.

Regards,
Bryn.