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From: Scott Mace <smace@metal-mail.neosoft.com>
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Subject: Re: this is nice but...
To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 00:15:52 -0600 (MDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199505030528.PAA28197@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at May 3, 95 03:28:41 pm
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May we should make some sort of comment about -c/USERCONF?

> 
> >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
>