[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#725422: systemd set kernel.sysrq=16

[Michael Biebl]

tags 725422 + moreinfo
severity 725422 normal
thanks

Am 05.10.2013 18:27, schrieb Goffredo Baroncelli:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 204-5
> Severity: important
> Tags: upstream
> 
> 
> Problem description:
> After installing the systemd package some sysrq keys don't work any more.
> 
> Expected behaviour:
> The systemd package must not interact with the sysrq key setting
> 
> Analysis:
> The systemd package contains the file /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf. In 
> this file there is the following entry:
> 
>    # System Request functionality of the kernel (SYNC)
>    kernel.sysrq = 16
> 
> which changes the allowable sysrq key. This entry is present also in the
> upstream package.
> 
> Suggested solution:
> Comment the entry "kernel.sysrq = 16" in the file 
> /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf.

You failed to justify why kernel.sysrq = 16 is a bad default.
Can you elaborate?

Michael

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