On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > > > > Which directorys could be set up read only and which have to be > > > > > writable? > > /usr is Read-Only, and /var is RW. /usr/spool and /usr/tmp are obsolete on > Debian Systems and are relaced by /var/spool and /var/tmp. > > > The root directory. It needs to be writable since /dev must be > > writable. /dev cannot be on a separate partition since files from > > /dev are required when booting the system. > > Running MAKEDEV on boot-up is not required on a stripped-down Firewall host. > Therefore the only Modifications in /dev at runtime are "chown" of the TTYs > and A-Time for all accessed devices. A-Time will not be done on read-only > media, and the cown for TTYs is not needed on a system where u dont have > interactiv Users logged in.
Another problem is syslog which create /dev/log at boot. > Another Option is to have a minimized /dev for booting and overwrite it with > a Ramdisk or a Loopback Filesystem which suppors all Devices which are > needed after the boot is finished. I agree that this would work but it seems too complicated. It would seem better to clean up the filesystem and application so that they don't write into /dev at all even during boot. -- Jean Pierre -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
