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From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.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