From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Dec 12 15:50: 6 2000 From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 12 15:50:02 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3907537B400 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 15:50:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBCNo2426029; Tue, 12 Dec 2000 15:50:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 15:50:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200012122350.eBCNo2426029@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: dima@unixfreak.org (Dima Dorfman) Subject: Re: docs/23502: date(1) doesn't detail kern_time.c securelevel check Reply-To: dima@unixfreak.org (Dima Dorfman) Sender: gnats@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/23502; it has been noted by GNATS. From: dima@unixfreak.org (Dima Dorfman) To: rboyd@pokerspot.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/23502: date(1) doesn't detail kern_time.c securelevel check Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 15:48:01 -0800 (PST) rboyd@pokerspot.com wrote: > > > >Number: 23502 > >Category: docs > >Synopsis: date(1) doesn't detail kern_time.c securelevel check > >Description: > the securelevel check in kern_time.c is non-intuitive. This should > be documented somewhere people would look when realizing they are > unable to set the date. date(1) is probably the best candidate. This is documented in init(8), also known as securelevel(8) (see src/sbin/init/init.8 rev. 1.21). This makes more sense than documenting it in date(1) since date(1) is by no means the only way to change the time. People should read init(8) to realize the implications of raising the securelevel before they do it, anyway. Regards -- Dima Dorfman Finger dima@unixfreak.org for PGP public key. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message