Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 11:46:33 -0500 (CDT) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com Cc: tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: xf86OpenConsole: KDENABIO failed (Operation not permitted) Message-ID: <199807061646.LAA06285@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <rx4pvfjxpip.fsf@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com> (smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com) References: <199807060816.MAA27917@minas-tirith.pol.ru> <rx4pvfjxpip.fsf@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com>
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>> Hmm... WHY X cannot be started with securelevel set? Is it a bug or >> a feature? > I guess it's a feature. 'man 8 init'. Anyway, there are a lot more > things you can't do at securelevel >= 1; installing a new kernel or > world, for instance, since they involve overwriting immutable files. Most things that are disallowed under securelevel 1 are things that aren't frequently done except during rc, a system install, or an attack. But running X is a normal operation. I'd classify it as a bug myself. Happy hacking, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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