From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 24 07:04:53 1994 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id HAA29763 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 24 Dec 1994 07:04:53 -0800 Received: from lupine.nsi.nasa.gov (lupine.nsi.nasa.gov [198.116.2.100]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA29757 for ; Sat, 24 Dec 1994 15:04:51 GMT Received: (from mnewell@localhost) by lupine.nsi.nasa.gov (8.6.9/8.6.9) id KAA04401; Sat, 24 Dec 1994 10:03:21 -0500 Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1994 10:03:17 -0500 (EST) From: "Michael C. Newell" To: "Daniel Stephens (CSC)" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Kernel... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 24 Dec 1994, Daniel Stephens (CSC) wrote: > I know this question has been asked before because I saw the response to > it. I also promptly deleted the response. I then went galavanting > through the www site searching all the list archives for the answer, but > to no avail. Anyhoo, could some kind soul please tell me how to delete > the old /kernel and put in its place a shiny new one? I save all my mail; then wais index it for easy access... :{) 250Mb and rising... :{) :{) :{) Here's the most relevant I could find... Thanks, Mike +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ |Mike Newell | The opinions expressed herein are | |NASA Science Internet Network Systems | my own, and do not necessarily | |Sterling Software, Inc. | reflect those of the NSI program, | |MNewell@nsipo.nasa.gov | Sterling Software, NASA, or anyone | |+1-202-434-8954 | else. | +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ >From owner-freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Wed Nov 30 17:13:42 1994 Received: from freefall.cdrom.com (freefall.cdrom.com [192.216.222.4]) by lupine .nsi.nasa.gov (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA21235 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 1994 17:13:41 -0500 Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id NAA21141 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 30 Nov 1994 13:42:13 -0800 Received: from helix.nih.gov (helix.nih.gov [128.231.2.3]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) with SMTP id NAA21120 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 19 94 13:38:50 -0800 Received: by helix.nih.gov (940715.SGI.52/1.35(m-sg-1.0)) id AA22297; Wed, 30 Nov 94 16:38:45 -0500 Date: Wed, 30 Nov 94 16:38:45 -0500 From: crtb@helix.nih.gov (Chuck Bacon) Message-Id: <9411302138.AA22297@helix.nih.gov> To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Subject: Re: Strange non-removable /kernel Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Status: RO X-Status: : > I did : > mv /kernel /kernel.old : > cp kernel / : > Both operations went without incident. I booted, and it panicked (that's : > not what this note is about). Since that time, I've built : > two or three other kernels and each time, I have found the following: : > : > mv /kernel /kernel.bad "Operation not permitted." : : It's a "security feature". : : Boot single user and it will work. : : The file /kernel is one of those that's "non-modifiable" to make the : system "more secure". Well, almost. Single user didn't do it. I had to 'chflags noschg /kernel' and that did it. Not sure whether it would have allowed that multiuser. : Terry Lambert : terry@cs.weber.edu : --- : Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present : or previous employers. Chuck Bacon -- crtb@helix.nih.gov