Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 02:18:20 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah <skywizard@time.net.my> To: skywizard@time.net.my Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Securelevel (was: Unable to startx) Message-ID: <01020202191801.26829@FreeBSD.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <01020202180400.26829@FreeBSD.mine.nu> References: <01020109425700.22409@FreeBSD.mine.nu> <20010201112021.A9241@northernbrewer.com> <01020202180400.26829@FreeBSD.mine.nu>
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On Fri, 02 Feb 2001, Ariff Abdullah wrote: > On Fri, 02 Feb 2001, Christopher Farley wrote: > > Lowell Gilbert (lowell@world.std.com) wrote: > > > > > I'm sorry you didn't get a response on this; it's come up a number of > > > times lately, and usually gets a quick answer. If that trend > > > continues (where *are* people getting the idea of raising securelevel > > > without a hint of what it does?), I'll get around to entering it in > > > the FAQ. > > > > I think people are getting the idea from the installation program. I > > don't recall being prompted to set my securelevel in previous FreeBSD > > installations, but last time I installed (4.2) on a fresh system there > > was a prompt about setting securelevels. > > > > I think some people see the securelevel menu and think "gee, I don't > > want to have an *insecure* machine." > > > > Is it necessary to prompt for securelevel during installation? I bet > > it causes more problems than it solves... > > indeed, most of them think it's all about access/net security instead of hardware/resource. We should prompt them "Please read the init(8) manpage!" cheers -- +----------------------------------------+ | /\_____ | | / ./__ | | / __/ < I do understand.. | | / ___/ | | / / | | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | | *warf* *warf* | | | +----------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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