Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:52:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Eugene Sevinian <sevinian@aya.yerphi.am> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel security level; Books Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904271249010.2463-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990427124927.19755B-100000@aya.yerphi.am>
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On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Eugene Sevinian wrote: > Recently I started to use freebsd (3.01) at work , and the first > thing which I should learn is how to edit some config files in > /usr/local/etc directory. It was explained in init's man that there are 4 > levels of security and if it is set to -1 than root can do everything > according to given file permissions. sysctl tells that this value set to > -1, so what the matter? At the same time I was able to create new file in > /usr/local. What I am doing wrong? Secure levels are tricky. You should *completely* understand what they do before setting them, since it can cause unusual system problems. I don't know where you read that root has to follow permissions; it's not on the init(8) manpage. Root can _always_ override permissions (just not flags; see chflags(8)). > Q2. Can you recommend some "must have" books about FreeBSD? Are there > available in russian as well? For newbies, ``The Complete FreeBSD'' from Walnut Creek is useful. The O'Reilly books on individual daemons (ie, DNS, sendmail) are helpful as well. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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