Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 4 Dec 1999 20:49:44 +0100 | From | Jens Benecke <> | Subject | Re: Oops with ext3 journaling |
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On Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 08:44:46AM -0800, Brion Vibber wrote:
> > I reiterate, the ext3 code must protect the journal from user-level > > process operation, or we are gonna have serious headaches in the user > > support dept. :-( > Maybe at least stick a nice big warning in the docs along the lines of > "do not write to your journal file while mounted with journaling on, you > big dummy!" :) Not that I'd do so deliberately of course, but it might > make people a little more wary later on. The README does recommend > setting the permissions to 400, but that doesn't protect from root of > course.
Would chattr +i help? If so, it might be a workaround until there is a real solution.
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