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From: Dima Dorfman (dimaunixfreak.org)
Date: Fri Jan 05 2001 - 20:07:26 CST

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    > How can I change the sysctl kern.securelevel from 2 to -1 without rebooting
    > the machine.

    You can't. The whole point of securelevel is that it can *never* be
    lowered.

    > How do i accomplish this without a reboot, or, if i am going at it all
    > wrong, how do i rebuild the kernel of a machine with a kern.securelevel=2?

    You can't. If this is such a problem, don't raise the securelevel.
    Also take a look at
    http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html#KERNEL-CHFLAG-FAILURE.

                                            Dima Dorfman
                                            dimaunixfreak.org

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