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Date:      Thu, 14 Dec 2000 15:12:11 -0500
From:      Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com>
To:        Darren Henderson <darren@bmv.state.me.us>
Cc:        Gordon Tetlow <gordont@bluemtn.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: securelevel and /etc/rc in 4.2S
Message-ID:  <14905.10651.337010.841105@onceler.kciLink.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.4.21.0012141445100.17862-100000@katahdin.bmv.state.me.us>
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>>>>> "DH" == Darren Henderson <darren@bmv.state.me.us> writes:

DH> I'm unclear on init's statement regarding raising from 0 to 1
DH> however, that must take place after rc finishes. Which rather
DH> implies to me that to run at

We had a big discussion about the man page a while back...  It actually
makes sense and describes the implementation correctly now.

DH> This brings me back to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. Just seems like it
DH> would be a lot more reasonable to have the relevant values set to
DH> "YES" and 0 given the observed behavior with "NO" and -1 (ie
DH> running at -1).

But if you're running at securelevel >0, you cannot load kernel
modules.  This breaks stuff unless you pre-compile every feature you
ever use into your kernel, or pre-load them at boot time.  This is for
things like vnconfig, etc., that load modules on demand.

Personally, I run some machines at securelevel 2, and others at -1
just because of this.

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