Re: syslog insmod please!

[Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolinux.com>]

Ion writes:
> Andrew Daviel <andrew@andrew.triumf.ca> wrote:
> > Is there a good reason why insmod should not call syslog() to log
> > any module that gets installed ? 
> 
> Simple: you'll have quite a bit of a problem if you are trying to insmod
> the module with support for AF_UNIX sockets. :-)

Why do it from user space?  Simply add a printk() to sys_init_module() or
similar.  Granted, this will only help until the lusers install a patched
sysklog before installing a backdoor module, but so would the user-space
solution.  At least the kernel message will stay in kernel memory until
it is flushed out with more messages (which itself might be detectable).

Cheers, Andreas
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