Re: Blocking write access to /dev/kmem

["Luis J. M." <luisj@gmx.net>]

  My apologizes for my last mail, I didn't specified what I was looking
for enough. What I'm searching is the code that locks /dev/kmem, not
how to block /dev/kmem.

> [tech is not the place to ask this kind of question, misc is.  You
> should read the openbsd web site, especiallly about the mailing
> lists.]
(from http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html)
tech
Technical topics for OpenBSD developers and advanced users. 
Please direct 'new user' and installation-related questions to misc. 

  Do you think it was a newbie question?

> Do an ls -l on those devices, for starters.  That will tell you something
> Also, do a man mem for more information, which will lead you other
> places, like securelevel(7).  That will give you a better picture of
> whats going on.
> 
> Remember that the man pages on OpenBSD are really good, and
> random "man whatever" or "apropos whatever" can lead to very
> interesting reading.....

  What makes you think I didn't read the man pages?


> --STeve Andre'
> 
> On Tuesday 11 June 2002 16:58, Luis J. M. wrote:
> > I've been looking for how OpenBSD blocks the writing access for /dev/km
> em
> > and /dev/mem unsuccessfully and I'd be interested in know how it's done
> .
> > Does anyone knows how?
> 

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