cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config chapter.sgml

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2006-11-29 08:00, Alexander Leidinger <Alexander at leidinger.net> wrote:
> It's a chapter/paragraph about sysctl, not about linux. So remove the
> compat.linux stuff here and you are safe. Feel free to use the
> hw.snd.maxautovchans sysctl as an example (there are different default
> values in -current than in some releases, I don't remember if I MFCed
> the new default value to 6.2).
> 
> Adding an explanation to the linux chapter would be nice (except for  
> the panic part, this is specific to -current if you already have some  
> linux programs running and then change the osrelease). If you want to  
> change the linux chapter I try to come up with other missing facts for  
> this chapter (I have to read it when I get a little bit of time).

Thanks for the explanation.  I've replaced the linux-emulation specific
sysctl now with a reference to `security.bsd.see_other_uids=0', which we
already use as an example in `/etc/sysctl.conf'.

This should be a lot safer than a sysctl knob which can trigger panics!

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