Re: [suse-security] Re: Newbie firewall installation question

Hi Chad! dog@intop.net wrote:

I have setup firewalls before that have / mounted read-only as well as the other partitions. It works, but it can be a hassle to administrate, especially if you make changes frequently, because a change usually requires at least two reboots.

Well, it's not that bad, fortunately. You can always remount your root-fs read-write (and than ro again), without rebooting: mount -o remount -o rw / mount -o remount -o ro / Otherwise I'm with you. Have a nice day! Florian Kirchmeir