Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 13:39:28 -0800 (PST) From: "Eugene M. Kim" <astralblue@usa.net> To: FreeBSD-current Mailing List <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Setting securelevel Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812281327550.93799-100000@seerajeane.ia.cp>
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Hello, In init(8) it is said that init can lower the security level, and src/sbin/init/init.c has the code to lower the security level back to zero in single-user mode. However, it doesn't seem that the kernel allows the security level to be lowered even if init requests it. (See (rev 1.16 of) src/sys/kern/kern_mib.c around line 130 -- the caller's pid isn't checked.) This, in consequence, prohibits the kernel from returning to the insecure mode even in the single-user mode. Is this a known problem, or did I miss something? I tried searching through the PR database but couldn't find any relevant records. Thank you, Eugene To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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