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DateSun, 16 Dec 2007 22:01:20 +1030
FromDavid Newall <>
SubjectRe: [patch 1/2] [RFC] Simple tamper-proof device filesystem.
Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> David Newall wrote:
> 
>> Tetsuo Handa wrote:
>> 
>>>  /dev needs to be writable, but this means that files on /dev might be
>>>  tampered with.
>>> 
>> I infer that you mean /dev needs to be writable by anyone, not by just 
>> its owner or owner and group (conventionally root/root.)  This goes 
>> against conventional wisdom, which is that /dev must be writable only by 
>> the administrator.  Why do you say otherwise?
>> 
> I didn't mean that "/dev is writable by everybody".
> 

Glad to hear it! :)

> I meant that "/dev must be mounted for read-write mode"
> 

Again, why?


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