Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:21:27 +0200 From: Jimmy Lantz <jimmy.lantz@lusidor.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Monunting /etc read-only was Re: mount read only ... Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020918121808.00be1e30@mail.lusidor.com> In-Reply-To: <44ptvcu3dt.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020917103713.032c3950@mail.lusidor.nu> <5.1.0.14.0.20020917103713.032c3950@mail.lusidor.nu>
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><snip> > > I'm looking for away to write protect > > some files whats the pros and cons > > with having the file on a seperate partition and mount that read-only > > or use the chflags schg and go to kernel security level 2? > >*Either* way you probably want to raise the security level. A >read-only mount doesn't help if it can be re-mounted writeable. If >the files *have* to be in the same directory with writeable files (as >for many systems is true of /etc), schg can be a very good solution. What in /etc needs to writeable? I was just thinking to mount it read-only. / Jimmy >If the files aren't part of the standard system at all, then as >someone else suggested, write-only media are an easy answer. <snip> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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