Re: ext2 attribute immutable

Todd Graham Lewis (tlewis@mindspring.com)
Thu, 21 Mar 1996 19:06:48 -0500


On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> This is intentional. Otherwise, even if someone made /etc/passwd
> immutable, you could bypass the security by moving /etc/passwd out of
> the way and creating a new, modified file.
> - Ted

I have been curious about this, as I had until a week ago received
tauntings from BSDers about Linux's lack of immutable.

I don't want to kludge the list, so is there:

1) any documentation? (this would be in the ext2 kernel code?)

2) someone willing to be pestered privately with a few questions?

Todd
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