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From: Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>
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Subject: nfs_diskless_valid question
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Hi,
	This variable is set by the boot process, and as far as I can tell
modified as the boot process progresses, then by /etc/rc, and never
again used. 
	Is there some security reason that I'm not aware of, for this
variable to be read-only? (sysctl  won't change its value).

thanks,
	danny