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authorMatthew Thode (prometheanfire) <prometheanfire@gentoo.org>2011-11-23 16:09:30 -0500
committerMatthew Thode (prometheanfire) <prometheanfire@gentoo.org>2011-11-23 16:09:30 -0500
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notes I found while following the guide added
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ is much appreciated and will help to make this approach to PaX robust.
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-*Step 0. Get yourself a gentoo system. Switch to an appropriate hardened profile
+*Step 0. Get yourself a gentoo system. Then switch to an appropriate hardened profile
using
eselect profile set hardened/linux/x86
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ If you see a PT_PAX header, or possibly one called LOOS+5041580 at the end of th
emerge --keep-going -eq world
+#packages that were not remerged
+ nano - manual remerge fixes it
+ grub - manual remerge fails it (still paxmarked)
+
6. And finally, let's do any post-world rebuild cleanup:
etc-update
@@ -138,6 +142,8 @@ you want to use. I also recommend xattr support on tmpfs:
3. Compile the kernel and boot.
+# I had to reinstall grub to /dev/sda before I could boot
+
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*Step 3. The new system should be now be a pure XT_PAX system. Let's test that