From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HluBo-0005hT-Jz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 21:59:17 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l49LunU6005410; Wed, 9 May 2007 21:56:49 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l49LoXCA030425 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 21:50:34 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EFC2642B0 for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 21:50:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: 0.058 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.058 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.058] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id DNW1TeD0+wyk for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 21:50:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pd3mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0DD064B9B for ; Wed, 9 May 2007 21:50:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pd4mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd4mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.212]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JHS006V4NAU6C40@l-daemon> for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 15:49:42 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml5so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.149]) by pd4mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JHS00JLINASFZ90@pd4mr1so.prod.shaw.ca> for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 15:49:41 -0600 (MDT) Received: from virgo.badcomputer.org ([68.148.98.184]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JHS0054LNAR9VE3@l-daemon> for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 09 May 2007 15:49:40 -0600 (MDT) Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 15:49:45 -0600 From: darren kirby Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off] In-reply-to: <200705091953.08629.benno.schulenberg@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-id: <200705091549.45764.bulliver@badcomputer.org> Organization: Badcomputer Org. Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10705081656s776f28f5kbe497a5326107c2f@mail.gmail.com> <20070509182835.4c33a0f2@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <200705091953.08629.benno.schulenberg@gmail.com> User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 X-Archives-Salt: bf347057-d274-4c7f-974e-5ef3ce635fad X-Archives-Hash: 7ffa0a871ce7aacc95c58e63cb34ca60 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