On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 05:11:03PM +1100, Ken Caldwell wrote:
> If nothing was being logged would it not be possible to mount the HD
> read only?
No. Although, it is possible to make the majority read only.
The difficulties lie in a few places:
(1) /etc/mtab -- records what filesystems have been mounted. This is not
logging; it is used by the system to determine what is currently
mounted.
(2) /dev/ -- from memory ownerships and/or permissions are changed by
programs as they seize control of /dev/audio or whatever.
(3) /tmp/ -- many programs create temporary files as they run and would
not run if they couldn't do so.
There may well be other areas that require write access as well. These
are the ones I could think of off the top of my head.
Cheers,
Malcolm
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