[net.unix-wizards] 4.2 request: Read-only ROOT filesys

robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya) (03/23/85)

> 
> I want things like /etc/passwd and the inode for /dev/kmem to be on the
> read-only drive.  I dont want to symlink them and the path from root to be
> on the read-only drive.
> 

Your users don't change their passwords often, do they?
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Robert Viduya
Georgia Institute of Technology

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chongo@nsc.UUCP (Landon Noll) (03/27/85)

In article <245@gitpyr.UUCP> robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya) writes:
 >> I want things like /etc/passwd and the inode for /dev/kmem to be on the ...
 >Your users don't change their passwords often, do they?

There ARE other ways besides just using a file called /etc/passwd to verify
access.  And to answer you directly: Not on my personal computer they don't! ;-)

chongo <For a good time, ask Stallman about passwords and public access> /\**/\
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