Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:30:21 +0200 From: David Landgren <david@landgren.net> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: buildingworld & sysctl -w kern.securelevel=2 help?? Message-ID: <3F93F17D.2000309@landgren.net> In-Reply-To: <44ismkjau4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <2776.192.168.25.10.1066606958.squirrel@bmyster.com> <44ismkjau4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: >>is it safe to reboot the system with the sysctl -w kern.securelevel >>variable set to -1 ..AFTER the OS has just done a make buildworld ? and >>then just pickup where i left off ?? > > > The buildworld should work fine in raised securelevels. Installing > (kernels or the rest of the "world") won't, but that's one of the To confirm, at securelevel -1, you will be able to remove immutable files and so forth, in order to install a new kernel. At level -2 and -3 you can no longer modify immutable files and/or change the firewall rulesets. The latter is not so much of a problem, but the former will effectively prevent you from installing a new kernel. David
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