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On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, Xin Zhao wrote: > Why not simply unset the write bit for all three groups of users? > That seems to be enough to prevent file modification. another usage: if you "chattr +i /var" while /var is unmounted, then root is unlikely to accidentally create files/dirs in /var -- and when you mount the real /var on top it works fine. i tend to protect all my mount points this way (especially those in /mnt) to avoid my own dumb mistakes. -dean - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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