Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 14:43:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Elliot Dierksen <ebd@oau.org> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel install problem - 4.3-stable Message-ID: <200105101843.OAA69413@alfred.oau.org> In-Reply-To: <20010510123605.H26110@welearn.com.au> "from Sue Blake at May 10, 2001 12:36:05 pm"
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Quoting Sue Blake:
>On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 09:31:37PM -0400, Elliot Dierksen wrote:
>> I am having an odd problem with a 4.3-STABLE box. I can not install a
>> kernel update. More properly, I can not issue a "chflags noschg /kernel"
>
>It sounds like your securelevel is >0 (normally a good idea) and that's
>preventing chflags. See init(8) for the securelevel description,
>rc.conf(5) to set it, and sysctl(8) to view or raise it.
You are exactly right! I guess the standard solution for that would be to
either get to single user mode, or comment out the security level raise in
rc.conf, reboot and then put it back in.
Thanx!
EBD
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