1 Sep
2011
1 Sep
'11
16:36
On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 06:25:58PM +0200, Monika Kistler wrote:
Out of security reasons I need to have the root file system mounted read-only.
once again, I propably wasn't distinct enough...
What security does that provide according to your appreciation ? I only see it as a false sense of security.
... I'm not talking about security in means of securing any attacks. We want to secure file system consistency, as the system I am developping for, is not guranteed to be properly shutdown by the user.
Then boot it rw till everything is up and turn the fs in ro afterwards. An overlay fs might also be of use. Lars -- Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ] Samba Team SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany