Unable to disable "CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG"

purushi1 . purushi1 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 27 09:26:51 UTC 2015


Hi Bartosz Golaszewski,

Thanks for quick feedback. From what I understand, it requires to disable
all options that select CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG from  busybox' Kconfig
So will this help me?

CONFIG_INIT=n
CONFIG_GETTY=n
CONFIG_LOGIN=n
CONFIG_PASSWD=n
CONFIG_SU=n
CONFIG_SULOGIN=n
CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_NFS=n
CONFIG_MOUNT=n
CONFIG_CROND=n
CONFIG_DEVFSD=n
CONFIG_NAMEIF=n
CONFIG_FAK=n
and
CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG=n

I will give it a try now, and update again.

thanks,
Purushotham.

On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Bartosz Gołaszewski <bartekgola at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 2015-07-27 7:45 GMT+02:00 purushi1 . <purushi1 at gmail.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > As per kernel hardening requirement, i am trying to disable
> > "CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG" in defaults/config.busybox and build the kernel.
> >
> > However, after doing a make, i still see "CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG" enabled
> >
> > ############
> >
> > grep -r "CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG" user/busybox/.config
> >
> > CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG=y
> >
> > # CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_DUP is not set
> >
> > CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_CFG=y
> >
> > CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOGD_READ_BUFFER_SIZE=256
> >
> >  ############
> > Can somebody, help me how to disable CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Purushotham.
>
> Hi Purushotham,
>
> CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSLOG is a hidden option in busybox' Kconfig. You can
> disable it only by disabling all options that select it. This is the
> list of packages that select FEATURE_SYSLOG taken from manuconfig
> help:
>
> Symbol: FEATURE_SYSLOG [=y]
>     Selected by: INIT || GETTY || LOGIN || PASSWD || SU || SULOGIN ||
> FEATURE_MOUNT_NFS && MOUNT || CROND || DEVFSD || NAMEIF || FAK
>
> --
> Best regards
> Bartosz Golaszewski
>
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