From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Mar 9 9:42:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8627D37B718 for ; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:42:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f29HgHc05965; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:42:17 -0800 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:42:17 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Greg Prosser Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installworld / securelevel Message-ID: <20010309094217.A2487@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from greg@snickers.org on Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 03:26:01AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 03:26:01AM -0500, Greg Prosser wrote: > Is it possible for the FreeBSD Makefile jedi to put a kern.securelevel > check into the installworld procedure? I'm fairly sure that if key files > are set as schg, and securelevel as one, causing an installworld to puke > mid-make probably isn't the ideal state to leave a box in, hoping it'll > come back after reboot with securelevel lowered. Some of us forget to > check things occasionally.. *eyes the terminal where ping is running*, I > think I'm ok this time, but doing more in-depth system upgrades might pose > a larger problem if userland and kernel aren't in sync.. I'd suggest you write yourself a script and use it religiously. Securelevels are definaly in the catagory of thing to be used at your own risk and only with full knowledge of their effects. I doubt anyone is going to add anti-foot-shooting code to check for them. Given what limited use they are, I never use them. It's just too much pain. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6qRX4XY6L6fI4GtQRAm3BAKDbV4wa+YSe4iG/GTdLj22BabkrSACfTQmn 8QvICG16VQW1Uy5hla7TBcA= =omLn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message