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Date:      Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:30:47 +0300
From:      Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com>
To:        Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 10.0-BETA1 ZFS install -- /var/empty read-only
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On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net> wrote:
>> I just installed 10.0-BETA1 using the [very cool] new automatic ZFS
>> option.  I noticed that /var/empty is not mounted read-only.  I suspect
>> it could be.  I made it so, and sshd still seemed to work.
>>
>> Eric
>
> I don't think there's a standard for how to break down the ZFS pool to
> individual datasets. If the install made only a single dataset for
> /var you would then effectively get a read-write /var/empty. The

*The same applies*

> applies if you install on UFS and don't assign a separate filesystem
> for /var/empty like the default install does in fact.
>
> -Kimmo



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