> I think you are totally missing the point that Theo just made. > Marking partitions as read-only is useful, when and only when > appropriate. > I have: > /var/www/var > /home > /home/user1 > /home/user2 > /usr/local > > all marked as read-only. > Why, because when the power fails, no data is lost and I'm quickly back > up with minimal fsck'ing. > When user1 or user2 logs in, There is a big message telling them to > mount their partition rw and right before logging out or shutting down, > to mark as ro. > When the lights start to flicker, Ctrl-Alt-Backspace slams you out of X > and ro alias slams that partition safe much faster than shutdown. > This has saved my ass twice now. > > Backup your data and re-install that snapshot if you lose /usr, etc. > Works great for me. Many times. > You are backing up etc and root, right?
That's good Chris -- You have built a setup you like, and you handle the subtle issues associated with that choice. Meaning you wouldn't file a bug report. It is your choice, and you make the downsides of that choice work.
