From: Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Alastair Scobie <ascobie-5WhEfG1TI8k@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
<initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: Dracut and root filesystem UUIDs
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:06:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F103A61.1070907@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F101BA1.5000903-5WhEfG1TI8k@public.gmane.org>
On 13.01.2012 12:55, Alastair Scobie wrote:
> Apologies if this is the incorrect mailing list to discuss this issue..
>
> Does anyone know if there is a way to configure dracut such that
> it will not attempt to mount USB mass-storage devices at boot time,
> but will still allow mounting of such devices once a system (in our
> case ScientifcLinux6) is fully booted?
>
> Why do we want to do this? We run several large teaching labs running
> SL6 desktops. We mount filesystems by UUID. We are concerned that our
> students could install a USB memory stick, at boot time, with a
> filesystem with the same UUID as the "official" root filesystem so
> fooling dracut into mounting a trojan filesystem.
>
> Thanks, in advance, for any ideas..
>
> Alastair Scobie
>
>
specifying "root=UUID=<uuid> rd.shell=0" will do exactly what you want. Then you
also want to secure grub (or any other bootloader) with a password.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-13 11:55 Dracut and root filesystem UUIDs Alastair Scobie
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2012-01-13 14:06 ` Harald Hoyer [this message]
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2012-01-13 14:09 ` Harald Hoyer
[not found] ` <4F103B21.80206-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-01-13 14:24 ` Alastair Scobie
[not found] ` <4F103EB1.9000209-5WhEfG1TI8k@public.gmane.org>
2012-01-13 15:08 ` Harald Hoyer
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