Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 13:21:34 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Javier Martin Rueda <jmrueda@diatel.upm.es> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Which files should have append-only and immutable flags? Message-ID: <9505261721.AA02678@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <706*/S=jmrueda/OU=diatel/O=upm/PRMD=iris/ADMD=mensatex/C=es/@MHS> References: <706*/S=jmrueda/OU=diatel/O=upm/PRMD=iris/ADMD=mensatex/C=es/@MHS>
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<<On Fri, 26 May 1995 11:53:55 UTC+0200, Javier Martin Rueda <jmrueda@diatel.upm.es> said: > After a quick thinking, it seems that probably the following directories and > all the files inside should be immutable, as they are not supposed to change > in the operating system's lifetime: > /sbin, /usr/sbin, /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/lib, /usr/X11R6/bin, /usr/X11R6/lib The apparent intent, so far as I can determine from what Berkeley shipped, is that the system immutable flag should only be set on those binaries which are necessary to get the system up far enough to restore from a local backup, and those that are security-sensitive. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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