On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 03:12:08PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't *need* things read-only. I would just rather not *need* to > have my root filesystem read write. > > I gave some reasons above for why I would like to be able to crontrol > if and when the root filesystem is subject to writes..
However, consider: as things stand now, only root can alter files which don't have write permissions for others. Sure, if the filesystem were mounted ro then root couldn't write to the files either (or delete files). However, root could always remount / rw. Therefore there is no security in a system once root is compromised whatever you do. If root is not compromised, then standard unix permission scheme will provide the security. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
