On Friday 14 April 2006 22:17, you wrote: >To increase the security level of my OpenBSD system I have defined at >/etc/fstab that the root partition should be read only.
That won't increase your security level much, but if you really want to make / read-only, there is more involved. (I recently did this on a machine with a flash drive instead of a standard hard drive in order to save wear on the flash.) To start with, read and understand /etc/rc and mfs(8). Convert /dev and /var to be on memory file systems (pay attention to -P in mfs(8)). Then edit /etc/rc and comment out the lines that mount /, /usr, and /var, and the lines that rewrite /etc/resolv.conf. If you need more information than this, Google is your friend. I also have a more detailed HOWTO-style document that i wrote that i would be willing to share off-list, though you might learn more if you do your own research instead. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Ramaley Dial Center 118, Drake University Network Programmer/Analyst 2407 Carpenter Ave +1 515 271-4540 Des Moines IA 50311 USA
