Subject: Re: Basic YDL 2.0 HD Size requirements (and read-only /usr)
From: Hollis (hollis-lists@austin.rr.com)
Date: Tue Jun 19 2001 - 09:58:39 MDT
On Tuesday 19 June 2001 07:53, you wrote:
>
> What might be also useful if anyone could determine how much space
> is required for / and /usr in case we have each one for those
> directories in different partitions.
Those would be useful numbers to post.
> I have been told is a good idea
> to make the /usr read only after you install your system to prevent
> hackers from "redefining" your command set -like making ls not list
> certain types of files and such. Just a thought
If someone gains access to your machine in such a way that allows them to
modify /usr then they are certainly capable of remounting a read-only /usr
read-write.
-Hollis
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