Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 01:33:44 -0400 From: epilogue <epilogue@allstream.net> To: Chris Collins <z0cool@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysctl kern.securelevel=2 Message-ID: <20041012013344.170e8c2d@localhost> In-Reply-To: <fbf53e700410111703339ee588@mail.gmail.com> References: <fbf53e700410111703339ee588@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:03:32 -0400 Chris Collins <z0cool@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Alll > > I was wondering what is the best kern.securelevel to run on a machine > that provides general internet services, Web, FTP and Email. I don't > want this so tight I cannot use the machine and I have also read in > some post that having the secure level set to high can stop a fsck. > > I am running 4.8 stable with ipfw and current kern.securelevel at 0. > After reading the man page I am thinking that I can safely at level 2 > but I am not sure because of this line in the man page "plus disks may > not be opened for writing (except by mount(2)) whether mounted or not" > What exactly does this mean? > > > Any help would be appreciated. in case you haven't already tried it, you may find 'man securelevel' helpful. > Thanks > Chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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