Sysrq magic keys [Alt + PritSc + C] gives error "SysRq : This sysrq operation is disabled " on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Issue

  • I am not able to manually crash server using Sysrq Magic key combination [Alt + PritSc + C].
  • But "echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger" works fine.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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