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Date:      Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:11:01 +0000
From:      Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>
To:        obrien@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-rc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem with LOGIN and cron
Message-ID:  <CADLo838ygJPVCdkai-Ui6eRKt4cZ3tX9Xj67KxmRKc10tLcDag@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120112234424.GA41056@dragon.NUXI.org>
References:  <20120112234424.GA41056@dragon.NUXI.org>

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On 12 January 2012 23:44, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 'LOGIN' states:
>        This is a dummy dependency to ensure user services such as xdm,
>        inetd, cron and kerberos are started after everything else, in
>        case the administrator has increased the system security level
>        and wants to delay user logins until the system is (almost) fully
>        operational.
>
> So based on that, 'securelevel' should have:
> +# REQUIRE: sysctl
> +# BEFORE:  LOGIN
> Otherwise a cronjob could act against securelevel=1+ for a short peroid
> of time.

Hm, but what if I have an @reboot line in crontab, that relies on
securelevel <1?

Can't we change the wording in the docs instead?

Chris


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