Re: Bugs in sysctl.c

Aaron Tiensivu (tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu)
Mon, 11 Aug 1997 17:29:31 -0400


> It seems that securelevel is completely shafted. For a start, the
> permissions that /proc/sys/kernel/securelevel are registered with are
> incorrect (0444, should be 0644 to allow root write access) Trivial patch
> => not included here :-)

As far as I remember, securelevel is a concept that was never really
fully realized. It might be beneficial to comment out the code until the
full-blown version of it is completed. (I'm not sure if someone is
actively working on it or not).

But it might be confusing to some people that hope that changing the
secure level would really make their system more secure.

Just a thought.

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