- added PAE check

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/disable_prot.sh b/disable_prot.sh
index 54cc3be..dba1bc0 100755
--- a/disable_prot.sh
+++ b/disable_prot.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 if [ `id -u` -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "$0: This script should be run as root"
+  echo "$0: This script should be run as root."
   echo "$0: Try to get root .."
   su -l root -c "$(readlink -f $0)"
   exit $?
 fi
 
+cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -oq pae 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
+ret=$?
+if [ $ret -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "$0: PAE enabled system found."
+  echo "$0: Some exploits will not work!"
+fi
+
 sysctl -w kernel.randomize_va_space=0 2>/dev/null
 sysctl -w kernel.exec-shield=0 2>/dev/null
 echo "done."