Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 07:08:36 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't change partition table anymore Message-ID: <20050404140836.GB55311@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <1729.1112622423@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <1112618841.71324.23.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <1729.1112622423@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 03:47:03PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <1112618841.71324.23.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>, Gavin Atkinson writes: > >On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 07:28 +0400, Andrey Chernov wrote: > >> BTW, the trick with kern.geom.debugflags=16 works and I put it permanently > >> in my sysctl.conf. Could you please make it ON by default or make a > >> warning at least? > > > >I actually agree with this. It's so frustrating to not be able to do > >what you want to do as root. > > I tend to belive in sensible safety features. Forcing people who > do potentially dangerous acts to release the safety-catch mechanism > first doesn't strike me as a bad idea. > Unfortunately, the safety-catch *IS NOT* documented. If one only needs the sysctl once a year or so, it is a real PITA to find the right incantation. -- Steve
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