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Date:      Tue, 31 Jul 2001 23:19:11 -0400
From:      "alexus" <ml@db.nexgen.com>
To:        "George Reid" <greid@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Operation not permitted
Message-ID:  <006601c11a38$bc519b00$0100a8c0@alexus>
References:  <20010801041041.C92484-100000@sobek.lan>

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intersting... so basically what you sayin the only way to lower it is by
seting my boot scripts to -1 and restart ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Reid" <greid@FreeBSD.org>
To: "alexus" <ml@db.nexgen.com>
Cc: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: Operation not permitted


> On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, alexus wrote:
>
> > su-2.05# sysctl -w kern.securelevel=-1
> > kern.securelevel: 1
> > sysctl: kern.securelevel: Operation not permitted
> > su-2.05# id
> > uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel), 2(kmem), 3(sys), 4(tty),
> > 5(operator), 20(staff), 31(guest)
> > su-2.05#
>
> init(8):
> The kernel runs with four different levels of security.  Any
> super-user process can raise the security level, but no process
> can lower it.
>
> --
> +-------------------+---------------------+
> |    George Reid    |  FreeBSD Committer  |
> |  +44 7740 197460  |  greid@FreeBSD.org  |
> +-------------------+---------------------+
>
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