>In message <[email protected]>you write: >>On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 09:43:07AM -0400, [email protected] wrote: >>> However in OpenBSD 6.1, attempting to run config in this way fails, >>> with the message: >>> config: kvm_openfiles: /dev/mem: Operation not permitted >> >>Putting kern.allowkmem=1 into /etc/sysctl.conf and reboot should help. > >Yes, that workaround does the trick, thanks.
Played with it a bit more. Instead of kern.allowkmem=1 in /etc/sysctl.conf, a better workaround appears to be to boot into single-user mode and run config from there. It's better in that leaving kern.allowkmem at 0 is a more secure setting. This is a completely acceptable workaround. Perhaps mention in the config man page to use single-user mode when kern.allowkmem is 0? Regards, John -- John DiMarco <[email protected]> http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~jdd IT Director, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto Office: SF3302 1-416-978-5300 Fx:1-416-946-5464 Skype:jddimarco
