Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Apr 2005 09:50:15 -0700 (PDT) | From | dean gaudet <> | Subject | Re: Why Ext2/3 needs immutable attribute? |
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On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, Xin Zhao wrote:
> 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.
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