Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 15:28:41 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: current@FreeBSD.org, smace@metal-mail.neosoft.com Subject: Re: this is nice but... Message-ID: <199505030528.PAA28197@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>in /etc/rc ># snapshot any kernel -c changes back to disk >echo 'recording kernel -c changes' >/sbin/dset -q >this is a good feature for newbies I think, but also I think its a >security problem for systems that want to try and run in a secure env. It shouldn't change anything unless the system was booted with -c AND something was changed. If someone can boot the system with -c then they can do as much damage as dset anyway. So there should be no problems except for bugs in dset. Bruce
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