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Date:      Wed, 16 May 2001 15:53:18 -0700
From:      Eugene Lee <eugene@anime.net>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: chflags: /kernel: Operation not permitted
Message-ID:  <20010516155318.E28161@anime.net>
In-Reply-To: <3B02A206.32126.B600635@localhost>; from apc-@mail.4dcomm.com on Wed, May 16, 2001 at 03:51:34PM -0700
References:  <3B02A206.32126.B600635@localhost>

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On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 03:51:34PM -0700, apc-@mail.4dcomm.com wrote:
: 
: make install
: chflags noschg /kernel
: chflags: /kernel: Operation not permitted
: *** Error code 1 (ignored)
: mv /kernel /kernel.old
: mv: rename /kernel to /kernel.old: Operation not permitted
: *** Error code 1

Maybe your security level is too high?  This will show it:

	# sysctl kern.securelevel

If it comes back as 2 or higher, you can't install a new kernel without
going to single-user mode (or something like that).  Or you can change
your security level in /etc/rc.conf, etc.


-- 
Eugene Lee
eugene@anime.net

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