On 10/23/2013 08:30, Kimmo Paasiala wrote: > On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Kimmo Paasiala <kpaas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Eric van Gyzen <e...@vangyzen.net> wrote: >>> I just installed 10.0-BETA1 using the [very cool] new automatic ZFS >>> option. I noticed that /var/empty is not mounted read-only. I suspect >>> it could be. I made it so, and sshd still seemed to work. >>> >>> Eric >> I don't think there's a standard for how to break down the ZFS pool to >> individual datasets. If the install made only a single dataset for >> /var you would then effectively get a read-write /var/empty. The > *The same applies* > >> applies if you install on UFS and don't assign a separate filesystem >> for /var/empty like the default install does in fact.
There might not be a standard, but the installer does have a default set, which includes a separate filesystem for /var/empty. I imagine this was done specifically to make it read-only. Since that was not done, it seems like an oversight. Eric _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
