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Date:      Sun, 9 Sep 2001 15:16:42 +0200
From:      Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch>
To:        Giorgos Verigakis <verigak@algol.vtrip-ltd.com>
Cc:        Deepak Jain <deepak@ai.net>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, D J Hawkey Jr <hawkeyd@visi.com>, Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re[2]: Kernel-loadable Root Kits
Message-ID:  <151193622478.20010909151642@buz.ch>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0109091103580.32595-100000@algol.vtrip-ltd.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.30.0109091103580.32595-100000@algol.vtrip-ltd.com>

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Hello Giorgos,

Sunday, September 09, 2001, 10:07:32 AM, you wrote:
>> This user could easily edit the rc.conf file to boot up in
>> securelevel=-1 and reboot the machine -- as well as circumvent
>> most notifications about the reboot.
> Yes, but then you can chflag schg rc.conf rc ... (or maybe the
> whole /etc)  

Would you care to point out how I could lower the securelevel then
for legitimate use (i.e. updates or changes to /etc) of the system by
the administrators?



Best regards,
 Gabriel

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