On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, David Nicol wrote: > Phil wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Do you think it could be possible to move every file that are modified by > > a program and that are now under /etc to /var ? > > > > All this files make life very hard when you want to have a read-only /etc > > > You could have an absolute symbolic link in your read-only /etc to > a place you know will be read-write, for instance /dev/shm/etc/... >
This won't work for files that are used as flags (/etc/nologin) or even files that are modified by a moving them and creating new ones. -- Philippe Biondi <pbi@ cartel-info.fr> Cartel Informatique Security Consultant/R&D http://www.cartel-info.fr Phone: +33 1 44 06 97 94 Fax: +33 1 44 06 97 99 PGP KeyID:3D9A43E2 FingerPrint:C40A772533730E39330DC0985EE8FF5F3D9A43E2
