Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:00:07 -0800 (PST) From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/13792: Difficult to find documentation of "securelevel" Message-ID: <199912141700.JAA84017@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/13792; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
To: brett@lariat.org
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/13792: Difficult to find documentation of "securelevel"
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:02:58 +0000
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 10:17:56AM -0700, brett@lariat.org wrote:
> The commands "apropos securelevel" and "man -k securelevel" don't turn
> up the documentation of this important setting, which is frequently
> asked about. It's actually documentd in a nonintuitive place: the
> man page for init(8). The user should be guided to the correct pages --
> init(8) and security(7) -- when investigating this setting.
It's now documented in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, where there are a couple of
knobs to tweak, and an explicit reference to init(8).
I could also add an explicit
MLINKS= init.8 securelevel.8
in the Makefile for init, so that "man 8 securelevel" worked.
Thoughts?
N
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