Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 18:48:06 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sysctl -A Message-ID: <19970426184806.CQ22306@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970426112139.232A-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>; from David E. Cross on Apr 26, 1997 11:24:36 -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970426112139.232A-100000@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>
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As David E. Cross wrote: > I just changed the default securelevel to 0 in the file > /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_mib.c, and init correctly raised the securelevel > to 1 when it entered multiuser mode, but I got the following error when > X tries to run (from xdm at least): securelevel > 0 and X11 are mutually exclusive. The X server does some work that actually (by the layering definitions) belongs into the kernel, i.e. it handles hardware. Handling hardware from userland is effectively prohibited iff securelevel > 0. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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