Re: partitioning

[Hal MacArgle <haltec@kvinet.com>]

OK on the comments received by all.. I'll have to give this more
thought as to whether or not it's for me... Appreciate!!

    Hal - in Terra Alta, WV - Slackware GNU/Linux 9.0   (2.4.20)
		Utrum Per Hebdomadem Perveniam

On 01-26, Ken Moffat wrote:
> > >
> >
> > 	Care to comment on the reasons for putting /usr in it's
> > separate partition??
> >
> 
> Not particularly, but I'll do my best ;)
> 
> > 	For the many personal and home office work stations wouldn't
> > that be overkill and not within the KISS philosophy??
> >
> 
> Yes to overkill.  If it's a simple way of making it harder to damage
> things then perhaps it's not outwith the spirit of KISS.
> 
> > 	Just curious. Cheers. <grin>

> 
> As far as I understand, the main reason to separate /usr is to do with
> permissions - if it's separate, you can mount it r/o.  However, you can
> also mount '/' r/o with (quite a lot of planning and) messing about.
> I'm sure I've read about people mounting an nfs export at /usr, but that
> does assume that all clients are on a similar architecture.  My security
> knowledge isn't great. I'm sure I've missed out other advantages.
> 
> Ken
> -- 
> This is a job for Riviera Kid!
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