Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:28:41 +1030 | | From | David Newall <> | | Subject | Re: [patch 1/2] [RFC] Simple tamper-proof device filesystem. | |
Tetsuo Handa wrote:
>>> I meant that "/dev must be mounted for read-write mode"
>>>
>> Again, why?
>>
>
> You won't be able to login to the system because /sbin/mingetty
> fails to "chown/chmod" /dev/tty* if /dev is mounted for read-only mode.
>
Good point. So, if only root can modify files in /dev, what's the
problem you're fixing? (I'm sure you tried to explain this in your
original post, but your reasons weren't clear to me.)
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