Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 24 Apr 2005 00:54:22 +0200 | From | DervishD <> | Subject | Re: Why Ext2/3 needs immutable attribute? |
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Hi Kyle :)
* Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com> dixit: > On Apr 23, 2005, at 15:12, DervishD wrote: > > * Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com> dixit: > >>>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. > >>If you chmod 000 /var beforehand (While it's still unmounted, of > >>course), then it's also blindingly obvious that it's not mounted in > >>an ls -l :-D. I too have used this trick on many/most of my > >>systems. > >I was doing exactly that, but it has its drawbacks: root still > >can create files by accident. [...] > Ah, I meant in combination with the above trick:
Oh, yes, I was meaning exactly that. I prefer to have '000' permissions on directories that act as mountpoints just to see at a glance whether they are mounted or not. You're right, the chattr +i is just another protection, not a simple visual one ;)
Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
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