6.58. Paxctl-0.5

The Paxctl package is used to change PaX flags on a per file basis.

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/hlfs/wiki/paxctl

6.58.1. Installation of Paxctl

Compile the package:

make

Install the package:

make install

There are currently few programs known to need this. Grub uses anonymous mapping and will be killed by PaX. The following command changes Grub's PaX flags:

paxctl -spm /usr/sbin/grub

6.58.2. Contents of Paxctl

Installed programs: Unchecked