Messages in this thread | | | From | Todd Graham Lewis <> | Subject | Re: ext2 attribute immutable | Date | Thu, 21 Mar 1996 19:06:48 -0500 |
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On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > This is intentional. Otherwise, even if someone made /etc/passwd > immutable, you could bypass the security by moving /etc/passwd out of > the way and creating a new, modified file. > - Ted
I have been curious about this, as I had until a week ago received tauntings from BSDers about Linux's lack of immutable.
I don't want to kludge the list, so is there:
1) any documentation? (this would be in the ext2 kernel code?)
2) someone willing to be pestered privately with a few questions?
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