Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:19:48 +0900 From: horio shoichi <bugsgrief@bugsgrief.net> To: Wayne Pascoe <freebsd-questions@penguinpowered.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: securelevel problems Message-ID: <20031106.021951.885bc472c281bae7.10.0.3.9@bugsgrief.net> In-Reply-To: <20031104202557.GA81029@marvin.penguinpowered.org> References: <20031104202557.GA81029@marvin.penguinpowered.org>
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On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:25:57 +0000 Wayne Pascoe <freebsd-questions@penguinpowered.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to upgrade a 4.7-RELEASE machine to 4.9. The make buildworld > has gone ok, but installworld failed. > > At first, it appeared that this was because the machine was running in > securelevel 1. I had the following in /etc/rc.conf: > kern_securelevel_enable="YES" > kern_securelevel="1" > > I changed that to > kern_securelevel_enable="NO" > kern_securelevel="-1" > > and rebooted the machine. sysctl -a | grep secure shows > kern.securelevel: -1 > > however a make installworld is still failing with: > > Stop in /usr/src/include. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/src. > > I then tried touching my kernel, which also fails, with: > # touch kernel > touch: kernel: Operation not permitted > > I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to proceed as the only thing I could > think to do was to disable securelevel in /etc/rc.conf :( > > does anyone know what I may have missed or how I might rectify this > issue ? > > Thanks, > > -- > Wayne Pascoe > 'tis far easier to get forgiveness than it is to > get permission - probably someone famous, > but more often, my Dad. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > You must reset all the flags. Securelevel=-1 itself does not toggle off (invalidate) any flags. So, setting flags at securelevel=-1 still makes some sense. horio shoichi
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