From: darren kirby <bulliver@badcomputer.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off]
Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 18:31:07 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200705091831.08070.bulliver@badcomputer.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070510000608.319c2326@hactar.digimed.co.uk>
quoth the Neil Bothwick:
> On Wed, 09 May 2007 15:49:45 -0600, darren kirby wrote:
> > 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,
>
> Instead of only being able to get at the really important stuff in /bin
> and /sbin?
Well, very nice how you trimmed the part of my original email that speaks to
your question and makes the same point as you, but thanks for making me look
stupid anyway...
Yeah, I know, I make myself look stupid, right ;)
-d
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-10 0:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-08 23:56 [gentoo-user] Clock is way off Grant
2007-05-09 5:28 ` AJ Spagnoletti
2007-05-09 6:55 ` [gentoo-user] " Anno v. Heimburg
2007-05-09 14:27 ` Grant
2007-05-09 14:54 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-09 15:45 ` Grant
2007-05-09 16:12 ` Redouane Boumghar
2007-05-09 17:05 ` Dale
2007-05-09 17:17 ` Uwe Thiem
2007-05-09 17:28 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-09 17:53 ` [gentoo-user] Separate /usr [was: Clock is way off] Benno Schulenberg
2007-05-09 18:19 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-09 18:29 ` Randy Barlow
2007-05-09 18:34 ` Albert Hopkins
2007-05-09 18:54 ` Daniel Iliev
2007-05-09 20:03 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-09 21:21 ` Daniel Iliev
2007-05-09 21:37 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-10 6:56 ` Naga
2007-05-10 8:20 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-09 21:22 ` Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
2007-05-09 21:52 ` Mick
2007-05-09 21:49 ` darren kirby
2007-05-09 23:01 ` Bo Ørsted Andresen
2007-05-09 23:31 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-10 2:16 ` Aleksandar L. Dimitrov
2007-05-10 7:28 ` Alan McKinnon
2007-05-09 23:06 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-10 0:31 ` darren kirby [this message]
2007-05-10 0:55 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-10 2:01 ` darren kirby
2007-05-10 7:31 ` Alan McKinnon
2007-05-10 8:24 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-10 8:41 ` [gentoo-user] Re: Separate /usr Alexander Skwar
2007-05-10 9:40 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-10 10:11 ` Benno Schulenberg
2007-05-10 10:34 ` Neil Bothwick
2007-05-10 21:36 ` Dan Farrell
2007-05-11 5:51 ` Andrey Gerasimenko
2007-05-09 18:54 ` [gentoo-user] Re: Clock is way off Dale
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