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authorsheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-09-13 08:39:41 +0000
committersheldonh <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-09-13 08:39:41 +0000
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Improve the clarification of the handling of the securelevel.
Submitted by: bde
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diff --git a/sbin/init/init.8 b/sbin/init/init.8
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@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ is marked as
.Pp
The kernel runs with four different levels of security.
Any super-user process can raise the security level, but no process
-(including
-.Nm Ns )
can lower it.
The security levels are:
.Bl -tag -width flag
@@ -142,10 +140,8 @@ leaves it unchanged.
Otherwise,
.Nm
raises the level to 1 before going multi-user for the first time.
-No process, including
-.Nm
-itself,
-can reduce the level, even on return to single-user.
+Since the level can not be reduced, it will be at least 1 for
+subsequent operation, even on return to single-user.
If a level higher than 1 is desired while running multi-user,
it can be set before going multi-user, e.g., by the startup script
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