On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 11:09:51PM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
>On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 09:14:11PM -0400, jchacon@genuity.net wrote:
>> Does securelevel 2 prevent you from mounting any new devices as well?
>> 
>> i.e. can I vnconfig and mount that file?
>
>You know, this discussion is rather frustrating to me because all of the
>relevant details are pretty well documented.  I quote the init(8) manual
>page:
>
>     2     Highly secure mode - same as secure mode, plus disks are always
>           read-only whether mounted or not, new disks may not be mounted, and
>           existing mounts may only be downgraded from read-write to read-on-
>           ly.  This level precludes tampering with filesystems by unmounting
>           them, but also inhibits running newfs(8) while the system is multi-
>           user.

it doesn't explicitly disallow vnconfig or mounting a vnd.  i suggest
that either (a) that which is not expressly forbidden is allowed, or
(b) the second instance of the word "disks" in the paragraph abocveve
should be changed to "filesystems".

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