From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Dec 14 9: 0:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFFB914CC3 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:00:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id JAA84017; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:00:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:00:07 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199912141700.JAA84017@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Nik Clayton Subject: Re: docs/13792: Difficult to find documentation of "securelevel" Reply-To: Nik Clayton Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/13792; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Nik Clayton 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 -- If you want to imagine the future, imagine a tennis shoe stamping on a penguin's face forever. --- with apologies to George Orwell To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message