On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Alex Efros wrote: > > - You can mount it read-only so it can't be modified > > Local /usr also can be mounted read-only.
And then re-mounted r/w if the box is rooted. You can enforce read-only access on the file server independantly of the application server. In hind-sight, this would read better as "you can export it r/o...". > > - You can easily 're-task' a server by changing what it mounts > > Re-task?! /usr usually contains binaries and data suitable for all tasks > so to re-task you should change what and how you execute on that server, > not /usr. I only install the applications necessary for a server to do the job it is tasked with. The fewer the applications installed the less the maintenance required. -Ronan -- [email protected] mailing list
