Re: Why Ext2/3 needs immutable attribute?

[DervishD]

    Hi Dean :)

 * dean gaudet <dean-list-linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxx> dixit:
> > Why not simply unset the write bit for all three groups of users? 
> > That seems to be enough to prevent file modification.
> another usage:  if you "chattr +i /var" while /var is unmounted, then root 
> is unlikely to accidentally create files/dirs in /var -- and when you 
> mount the real /var on top it works fine.  i tend to protect all my mount 
> points this way (especially those in /mnt) to avoid my own dumb mistakes.

    Hey, man, that's GREAT :)) I'm going to do the same on my system,
thanks for the suggestion.

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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