Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 06:41:12 -0800 (PST) From: rboyd@pokerspot.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/23502: date(1) doesn't detail kern_time.c securelevel check Message-ID: <200012121441.eBCEfCi33809@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200012121450.eBCEo1c35155@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 23502 >Category: docs >Synopsis: date(1) doesn't detail kern_time.c securelevel check >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 12 06:50:01 PST 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Robert Boyd >Release: 4.2R >Organization: Pokerspot >Environment: FreeBSD game2.pokerspot.com 4.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Nov 20 13:02:55 GMT 2000 jkh@bento.FreeBSD.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 >Description: the securelevel check in kern_time.c is non-intuitive. This should be documented somewhere people would look when realizing they are unable to set the date. date(1) is probably the best candidate. >How-To-Repeat: sysctl -w kern.securelevel=2 gdate --set blah >Fix: sys/kern/kern_time.c checks securelevel > 1 before allowing date changes higher than 1 second. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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