From owner-cvs-all Thu Sep 10 00:34:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA18198 for cvs-all-outgoing; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 00:34:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from godzilla.zeta.org.au (godzilla.zeta.org.au [203.15.68.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA18189; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 00:34:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bde@godzilla.zeta.org.au) Received: (from bde@localhost) by godzilla.zeta.org.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA01859; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 17:34:09 +1000 Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 17:34:09 +1000 From: Bruce Evans Message-Id: <199809100734.RAA01859@godzilla.zeta.org.au> To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, jraynard@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Modified files: > etc rc > Log: > Disable kernel_secure_level unless explicitly set in rc.conf. Previously, > it was enabled unless explicitly unset, creating a pitfall for people > like me who upgraded /etc/rc without upgrading /etc/rc.conf. The old code should have worked anyway, since it has two knobs (one too many) - kern_securelevel_enable and kern_securelevel. People who upgraded /etc/rc without upgrading /etc/rc.conf should have had an unset kern_securelevel, which should have prevented the kernel securelevel bein set. Why didn't it? Bruce