Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:28:06 -0500 From: Jon Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> To: Ronald Klop <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: securelevel and make installworld Message-ID: <4266C966.90701@alumni.rice.edu> In-Reply-To: <opspjrxucr8527sy@smtp.local> References: <opspjrxucr8527sy@smtp.local>
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On 04/20/05 15:16, Ronald Klop wrote: > Can make installworld complain on startup if I try to run it with > securelevel > 0. > It will fail half way through on some files with nochg flags or > something like that. Design feature: 'schg' is the system immutable flag. Some system files are installed with 'schg' for security reasons; installworld must remove this flag in order to install a new version of these files. However, when securelevel > 0 system immutable flags may not be turned off (see init(8)). An attempt to remove the system immutable flag (set 'noschg') will therefore fail. As a result, installworld fails. Canonical answer: Reboot into single user mode to perform the installworld as documented in UPDATING and section 19.4.1 of the handbook. Regards, Jon
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