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28.Dd November 21, 2007
29.Dt SECMODEL_BSD44 9
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm secmodel_bsd44
33.Nd traditional
34.Nx
35security model (based on
36.Bx 4.4 )
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38.Nm
39is the default security model in
40.Nx .
41It is the traditional security model based on
42.Bx 4.4
43and is composed of two main concepts, the
44.Em super-user
45and the
46.Em securelevel .
47.Ss Super-user
48The
49.Em super-user
50is the host administrator, considered to have higher privileges than other
51users.
52It is the only entity the kernel recognizes by having an effective user-id
53of zero.
54.Ss Securelevel
55Please refer to
56.Xr secmodel_securelevel 9
57for details.
58.Sh SEE ALSO
59.Xr kauth 9 ,
60.Xr secmodel 9 ,
61.Xr secmodel_securelevel 9
62.Sh AUTHORS
63.An Elad Efrat Aq elad@NetBSD.org
64