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From: "Gayn Winters" <gayn.winters@bristolsystems.com>
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Subject: RE: securelevel doc?
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> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Joel Hatton
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 8:52 PM
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: securelevel doc?
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I may be confused, but istr that man security[7] used to document the
> results of different kernel securelevels; this no longer 
> seems to be the
> case. Is this still documented in the base system without recourse to
> online help? (I'm OK with securelevels, btw, I'd just like to 
> know where
> to point someone to this information)
> 
> cheers,
> 
> -- Joel Hatton --

I'd point to:

man security
man securelevel = man init
man sysctl

in this order.  On my 5.3 system (the oldest I have running) the
securelevels aren't fully explained until man init.  I don't know about
4.x.

-gayn

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