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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:42:51 -0400
To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>,
	Dennis George <easyeinfo@yahoo.com>
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At 10:08 PM -0700 8/17/04, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 09:14:06PM -0700, Dennis George wrote:
>>  Hi all,
>>
>  > Can I disable PROCFS (through kernel configuration[sysctl/GENERIC] )
>  >  in freeBSD....
>
>Yes.  It's clear from the GENERIC config how to do this
>(remove the entry)).

Is there also some entry needed in /etc/fstab?  I do PROCFS
and PSEUDOFS, but I do not have a proc filesystem.  If the
filesystem is not mounted, is there any risk from it?

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