[CentOS] ExecShield in C6 or C7 kernels?

Fred Smith
2015-09-29T16:47:59Z

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 08:49:21AM -0700, Akemi Yagi
wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 7:37 AM, Fred Smith
> <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> > I'm trying to figure out if the stock kernels for Centos-6 and/or
Centos-7
> > have ExecShield compiled in, and if so, if it is turned on by default.
>
> According to what I've read, Exec Shield is enabled in CentOS-6 and -7
> by default. In CentOS-6, you can see it by:
>
> sysctl -a | grep -i shield
>
> The sysctl command also allows you to disable it. But in CentOS-7 you
> cannot change it any more.
>
> Akemi


Thanks, Akemi!

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