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kern.securelevel > 1.  Fix a dangling pronoun in the preceeding question
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Submitted by:	Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
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</author>
</authorgroup>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.127 2000/11/29 10:45:22 sheldonh Exp $</pubdate>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.128 2000/11/29 14:09:43 jim Exp $</pubdate>
<abstract>
<para>This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X, 3.X, and 4.X.
@ -6535,9 +6535,35 @@ define(`confDELIVERY_MODE',`deferred')dnl</programlisting>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl kern.securelevel</userinput></screen>
<para>You cannot lower the security level; you have to boot
to single mode to install the kernel, or change it in
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> then reboot. See the
&man.init.8; man page for details on securelevel, and
to single mode to install the kernel, or change the
security in <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> then reboot. See
the &man.init.8; man page for details on securelevel, and
see <filename>/etc/defaults/rc.conf</filename> and the
&man.rc.conf.5; man page for more information on rc.conf.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="kernel-securelevel-time">
<para>I can't change the time on my system by more than one second!
How do I get around this?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Short answer: You're probably at security level
greater than 1. Reboot directly to single user mode to
change the date.</para>
<para>Long answer: FreeBSD disallows changing the time by
more that one second at security levels greater than 1. You
can check your security level with the command:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl kern.securelevel</userinput></screen>
<para>You cannot lower the security level; you have to boot
to single mode to change the date, or change the security
level in <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> then reboot. See
the &man.init.8; man page for details on securelevel, and
see <filename>/etc/defaults/rc.conf</filename> and the
&man.rc.conf.5; man page for more information on rc.conf.</para>
</answer>

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</author>
</authorgroup>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.127 2000/11/29 10:45:22 sheldonh Exp $</pubdate>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.128 2000/11/29 14:09:43 jim Exp $</pubdate>
<abstract>
<para>This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X, 3.X, and 4.X.
@ -6535,9 +6535,35 @@ define(`confDELIVERY_MODE',`deferred')dnl</programlisting>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl kern.securelevel</userinput></screen>
<para>You cannot lower the security level; you have to boot
to single mode to install the kernel, or change it in
<filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> then reboot. See the
&man.init.8; man page for details on securelevel, and
to single mode to install the kernel, or change the
security in <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> then reboot. See
the &man.init.8; man page for details on securelevel, and
see <filename>/etc/defaults/rc.conf</filename> and the
&man.rc.conf.5; man page for more information on rc.conf.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="kernel-securelevel-time">
<para>I can't change the time on my system by more than one second!
How do I get around this?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>Short answer: You're probably at security level
greater than 1. Reboot directly to single user mode to
change the date.</para>
<para>Long answer: FreeBSD disallows changing the time by
more that one second at security levels greater than 1. You
can check your security level with the command:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl kern.securelevel</userinput></screen>
<para>You cannot lower the security level; you have to boot
to single mode to change the date, or change the security
level in <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> then reboot. See
the &man.init.8; man page for details on securelevel, and
see <filename>/etc/defaults/rc.conf</filename> and the
&man.rc.conf.5; man page for more information on rc.conf.</para>
</answer>