> >In message <20170504150753.GH72850@t430s.bluhm.invalid>you write: > >>On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 09:43:07AM -0400, j...@cs.toronto.edu 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?
yes, singleuser use is better. To be frank, I want to kill kern.allowkmem eventually.
