From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Jul 9 13:23:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (server.geekhouse.net [64.81.6.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CD5B37B6A4 for ; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 13:23:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (root@john.baldwin.cx [192.168.1.18]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA15803; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 13:23:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) Received: (from john@localhost) by john.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA81999; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 13:24:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john) Message-Id: <200007092024.NAA81999@john.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 13:24:56 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin To: Adam Subject: Re: making the snoop device loadable. Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 09-Jul-00 Adam wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >>In message , Adam >>writes: >>>On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>>If this change goes in, what do you do if you wish not to have snooping >>>>>capable through the snp device and do not wish to lock unneccessary parts >>>>>of the system down with securelevel? >>>> >>>>You do the same as before: Hold on tight to your root password. >>> >>>I dont like kernel changes that make the kernel do less babysitting and me >>>more. Tough, I guess. >> >>You have always needed to babysit your root password. > > Ok, I give in to the argument. I would just like to make a wish. On Jan > 24 1999 peter took the NO_LKM option out of LINT. I assume the support > for it in other files was removed around that time also. Could someone > implement a NO_KLD option so you dont need to use securelevel > 0 so > people have an obvious option and dont have to know the kernel well enough > to hack syscalls.master? Patches accepted. :) Seriously, if you come up with a patchset I'll look at it and see about getting it in the tree. -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message