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List:       netbsd-users
Subject:    Re: lshw for netbsd ?
From:       feralert <feralert () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-07-21 14:13:03
Message-ID: CAP4bfpwjW-nzU103HtWrff7uTGG3BrhmjO4LCMn=39Zp2oJwCw () mail ! gmail ! com
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I see, thanks for the info!.


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Fred


On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@panix.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 03:59:32PM +0200, feralert wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@panix.com> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 12:29:36PM +0200, dieter roelants wrote:
>> >>
>> >> That doesn't sound too different from what dmidecode does. You can find
>> >> it in pkgsrc (sysutils/dmidecode).
>> >
>> > If you're running a production server in a configuration where dmidecode
>> > works...don't.
>>
>> Pardon my ignorance but... why? I mean, I already did in one of them
>> and it worked fine but, is it a risk?
>
> It means you're running a kernel with options INSECURE, which turns off
> many important kernel security protections.  On desktop systems this is
> sometimes necessary so X11 will work, but it should not be the case on
> servers.
>
> If you do not want to recompile your kernel, edit /etc/sysctl.conf and
> add the line:   kern.securelevel=1
>
> Thor
>

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