Re: OT: Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-23 Thread devzero
Hi Clemens, > > Hi, Roland! > > Please don't top-post. sorry! > > > [was: it would be easy to disable the kernel watchdog] > > thanks, but i know i could do this. > > Good. I was also curious and just checked again. The watchdog subsystem > is by default _disabled_ in the kernel

OT: Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-23 Thread Clemens Koller
Hi, Roland! Please don't top-post. [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > [was: it would be easy to disable the kernel watchdog] > thanks, but i know i could do this. Good. I was also curious and just checked again. The watchdog subsystem is by default _disabled_ in the kernel configuration. If you

OT: Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-23 Thread Clemens Koller
Hi, Roland! Please don't top-post. [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: [was: it would be easy to disable the kernel watchdog] thanks, but i know i could do this. Good. I was also curious and just checked again. The watchdog subsystem is by default _disabled_ in the kernel configuration. If you use

Re: OT: Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-23 Thread devzero
Hi Clemens, Hi, Roland! Please don't top-post. sorry! [was: it would be easy to disable the kernel watchdog] thanks, but i know i could do this. Good. I was also curious and just checked again. The watchdog subsystem is by default _disabled_ in the kernel configuration. If you

Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-22 Thread devzero
.07 21:43:15 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: Simon Arlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Betreff: Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file!? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > &

Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-22 Thread Clemens Koller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > [was: reading /dev/watchdog triggers reboot as intended] > need to change my own philosophy now, because i learned that reading isn`t harmless. ;) If you want to protect you from your curiosity (or from reading anything), you could just disable the watchdog in

Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-22 Thread devzero
"Robert Hancock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Betreff: Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file!? > > On Wed, November 21, 2007 00:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>There is.. it's called "root privileges". > > yes

Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-22 Thread devzero
: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file!? On Wed, November 21, 2007 00:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is.. it's called root privileges. yes, true. but - regardless of being a windows app or not - what if you want to take a look on your system as a whole

Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-22 Thread Clemens Koller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: [was: reading /dev/watchdog triggers reboot as intended] need to change my own philosophy now, because i learned that reading isn`t harmless. ;) If you want to protect you from your curiosity (or from reading anything), you could just disable the watchdog in the

Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-22 Thread devzero
PROTECTED], Robert Hancock [EMAIL PROTECTED], linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Betreff: Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file!? [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: [was: reading /dev/watchdog triggers reboot as intended] need to change my own philosophy now, because i

Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-21 Thread Simon Arlott
On Wed, November 21, 2007 00:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>There is.. it's called "root privileges". > yes, true. > > but - regardless of being a windows app or not - what if you want to take a > look on your system as a whole, > especially when using some tool which graphically shows how and

Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-21 Thread Simon Arlott
On Wed, November 21, 2007 00:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is.. it's called root privileges. yes, true. but - regardless of being a windows app or not - what if you want to take a look on your system as a whole, especially when using some tool which graphically shows how and where your

Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-20 Thread devzero
ert Hancock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gesendet: 21.11.07 00:35:23 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Betreff: Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file!? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > good evening, > > > &

Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-20 Thread Matt Mackall
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 12:06:57AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > - be root That's your first mistake. > - cat /dev/watchdog or dd if=/dev/watchdog of=/dev/zero bs=1 count=1 or . > - wait one minute > > *reboot*! And that's the defined behavior of /dev/watchdog, yes. Many

Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-20 Thread Robert Hancock
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: good evening, i stumbled over some funny issue when trying windirstat (like KDirStat) with wine. after running that tool for a while my system rebooted. i could reproduce this with every run. after some deep investigation (i thought i had stability issues with my

System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-20 Thread devzero
good evening, i stumbled over some funny issue when trying windirstat (like KDirStat) with wine. after running that tool for a while my system rebooted. i could reproduce this with every run. after some deep investigation (i thought i had stability issues with my system and spent more than

System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-20 Thread devzero
good evening, i stumbled over some funny issue when trying windirstat (like KDirStat) with wine. after running that tool for a while my system rebooted. i could reproduce this with every run. after some deep investigation (i thought i had stability issues with my system and spent more than

Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-20 Thread Robert Hancock
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: good evening, i stumbled over some funny issue when trying windirstat (like KDirStat) with wine. after running that tool for a while my system rebooted. i could reproduce this with every run. after some deep investigation (i thought i had stability issues with my

Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-20 Thread Matt Mackall
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 12:06:57AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - be root That's your first mistake. - cat /dev/watchdog or dd if=/dev/watchdog of=/dev/zero bs=1 count=1 or . - wait one minute *reboot*! And that's the defined behavior of /dev/watchdog, yes. Many years too

Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file....!?

2007-11-20 Thread devzero
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Betreff: Re: System reboot triggered by just reading a device file!? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: good evening, i stumbled over some funny issue when trying windirstat (like KDirStat) with wine. after running that tool