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Date:      Sun, 28 Aug 2005 12:59:36 +0400
From:      Dmitry Mityugov <dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com>
To:        Tom Norris <tom@trancegeek.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: A quick question about X11 and securelevels
Message-ID:  <b7052e1e050828015973762a93@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <43111AAE.6090402@trancegeek.net>
References:  <43111AAE.6090402@trancegeek.net>

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On 8/28/05, Tom Norris <tom@trancegeek.net> wrote:
> I understand the things like not allowing the system clock to change and
> not allowing formatting of filesystems, but I want to know why you can't
> run x11 when you have a securelevel greater than or equal to one.  there
> is no _serious_ reason I wish to know, I'm just curious and google keeps
> feeding me tutorials on making my FreeBSD machine furiously hard to
> crack.  :)

Not an exact answer to your question, but securelevel does not
prohibit you from runnung X if it is set after X started (from one of
.x... files in your home directory instead of rc.conf perhaps?)

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Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia
I ignore all messages with confidentiality statements

"We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E"



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