Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 21:49:31 +1000 (EST) From: Julian Assange <proff@suburbia.net> To: danny@panda.hilink.com.au (Daniel O'Callaghan) Cc: julian@whistle.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Read-only root partition. [SYSLOG] Message-ID: <199610211149.VAA13471@suburbia.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961021113749.548E-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> from "Daniel O'Callaghan" at Oct 21, 96 11:39:50 am
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> > > > On Sun, 20 Oct 1996, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > Ok so we've all looked at this before.. > > The main problem to haveing a read-only root filesystem would seem to be > > the pipe created by syslog in /dev. > > > > /dev/log is a unix domain socket created when syslogd starts up. > > > > Possible options include.. > > What about putting /dev/log into /var/run? Or another /var/ subdir for > the purposes of unix domain sockets (e.g. /tmp/msql.sock is another > candidate) > > Danny > Problem is that all the clients use /dev/log too. The way I get around this is to just put a symlink in /dev/log and tell syslogd to use /ftp/dev/log -- "Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies, The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - C.S. Lewis, _God in the Dock_ +---------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------+ |Julian Assange RSO | PO Box 2031 BARKER | Secret Analytic Guy Union | |proff@suburbia.net | VIC 3122 AUSTRALIA | finger for PGP key hash ID = | |proff@gnu.ai.mit.edu | FAX +61-3-98199066 | C7F81C2AA32D7D4E4D360A2ED2098E0D | +---------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------+
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