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Date:      Sun, 09 Jul 2000 20:17:20 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net>
Cc:        "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: making the snoop device loadable. 
Message-ID:  <17526.963166640@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 09 Jul 2000 14:12:42 EDT." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007091411480.407-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> 

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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007091411480.407-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>, Adam 
writes:
>On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
>>
>>>If this change goes in, what do you do if you wish not to have snooping
>>>capable through the snp device and do not wish to lock unneccessary parts
>>>of the system down with securelevel?
>>
>>You do the same as before:  Hold on tight to your root password.
>
>I dont like kernel changes that make the kernel do less babysitting and me
>more.  Tough, I guess.  

You have always needed to babysit your root password.

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