Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]

[darren kirby <bulliver@badcomputer.org>]

quoth the Benno Schulenberg:
> Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Wed, 09 May 2007 12:05:05 -0500, Dale wrote:
> > > I think you are supposed to link that localtime file instead of
> > > copying.  If the file in zoneinfo gets updated then the one in
> > > /etc will still be the old one.
> >
> > You are not supposed to link it any more, because that will break
> > if /usr has not yet been mounted.
>
> Are there (still) people who have /usr on a separate partition?
> And if so, why?

I have heard you can use a separate /usr to enhance security by mounting it 
readonly under normal circumstances. This way, bad guys can't mess with your 
binaries in /usr/bin and /usr/sbin, though it seems to me if they have access 
to mess with your /usr they can mess with anything anyway so...

I do have a separate /usr, but do not mount it readonly, as I --sync enough to 
make remounting it daily rather annoying.

> I only have /home and /usr/portage on separate partitions,
> everything else is on /, even /boot.
>
> Benno

-d
-- 
darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org
"...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list