Re: [SURVPC] Announcement ReRead new v4.52kernel build options listing

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 19:51:20 +500
Jude DaShiell <dashiell starpower net> quietly intimated:

> 
> 
> Is there a way to get a listing of a kernel's configuration options
> and how those were set by the person who built the kernel?  I figure
> if I have this to hand before trying anything out of that security
> book I've been reading I'll be able to operate more intelligently.

Go into the source directory for the kernel and type

make oldconfig

Then study or use the .config file that gets generated.

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