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Re: How efficient is mounting /usr ro?



On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Ted Cabeen wrote:

> I agree.  If you are looking for this kind of security, your best bet
> is to set the immutable bit on all of your system files.  That will
> ensure that only a reboot in single user mode will allow these files
> to be changed.  (Make sure you set immutable the system boot scripts
> as well)

The immutable bit can be removed from a file on a running system.  I just
confirmed this on a box to make sure recent kernels hadn't changed this
behaviour.

Rob

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