Can't change partition table anymore
Steve Kargl
sgk at troutmask.apl.washington.edu
Mon Apr 4 07:08:38 PDT 2005
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 03:47:03PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <1112618841.71324.23.camel at buffy.york.ac.uk>, Gavin Atkinson writes:
> >On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 07:28 +0400, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> >> BTW, the trick with kern.geom.debugflags=16 works and I put it permanently
> >> in my sysctl.conf. Could you please make it ON by default or make a
> >> warning at least?
> >
> >I actually agree with this. It's so frustrating to not be able to do
> >what you want to do as root.
>
> I tend to belive in sensible safety features. Forcing people who
> do potentially dangerous acts to release the safety-catch mechanism
> first doesn't strike me as a bad idea.
>
Unfortunately, the safety-catch *IS NOT* documented. If one only
needs the sysctl once a year or so, it is a real PITA to find
the right incantation.
--
Steve
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