From: DervishD <lkml@dervishd.net>
To: dean gaudet <dean-list-linux-kernel@arctic.org>
Cc: Xin Zhao <uszhaoxin@gmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why Ext2/3 needs immutable attribute?
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 20:33:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050423183345.GH435@DervishD> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0504230947070.23658@twinlark.arctic.org>
Hi Dean :)
* dean gaudet <dean-list-linux-kernel@arctic.org> dixit:
> > 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.
Hey, man, that's GREAT :)) I'm going to do the same on my system,
thanks for the suggestion.
Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-04-23 18:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-04-17 15:54 Why Ext2/3 needs immutable attribute? Xin Zhao
2005-04-17 16:03 ` Willy Tarreau
2005-04-17 16:12 ` Xin Zhao
2005-04-17 16:23 ` Kyle Moffett
2005-04-17 16:27 ` Willy TARREAU
2005-04-17 19:47 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2005-04-17 23:48 ` Xin Zhao
2005-04-18 1:53 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2005-04-17 19:45 ` Bernd Eckenfels
2005-04-23 16:50 ` dean gaudet
2005-04-23 18:33 ` DervishD [this message]
2005-04-23 18:49 ` Kyle Moffett
2005-04-23 19:12 ` DervishD
2005-04-23 20:37 ` Kyle Moffett
2005-04-23 22:54 ` DervishD
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