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Date:      Mon, 15 Jun 1998 01:58:27 -0400 (EDT)
From:      CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net>
To:        sysadmin@mfn.org (greeves)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Diskless Wkstns
Message-ID:  <199806150558.BAA23740@lucy.bedford.net>
In-Reply-To: <01BD97EA.B8F29910@greeves.mfn.org> from greeves at "Jun 14, 98 11:18:20 pm"

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greeves wrote:
> (3)  I know that the "Read Only /usr" topic has been bantered back and
> forth (to *death*) on the list, so realize I dont care whether it's a standards

Nah, he's just been roughed up a little -- a fat lip and a loose tooth. I'm
sure he'll eventually stagger back into the ring.

> thing or not, I just want to know what filesystems I can *safely* mount read
> only: if this means /, /usr/ /tmp, /whatever, it's all good.  I just need to know
> what *NOT* to place the RO attributes on...

Must-writes:

/tmp
/var

Maybe-writes:

/home  

There's root's home dir, which you may or may not need writable.

I think the rest can be RO.  Try it and see what squeals.

Dave
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