From 01de01168f5399ca459d7d06bc8bed2a92982090 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sheldon Hearn Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:39:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improve the clarification of the handling of the securelevel. Submitted by: bde --- sbin/init/init.8 | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/init/init.8 b/sbin/init/init.8 index 9604f7beee7..3e77ade5e39 100644 --- a/sbin/init/init.8 +++ b/sbin/init/init.8 @@ -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 .Xr rc 8 ,