From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 4 15:58:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA13368 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 Jul 1996 15:58:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA13356 for ; Thu, 4 Jul 1996 15:58:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id PAA13790; Thu, 4 Jul 1996 15:55:33 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199607042255.PAA13790@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: What is the best way to setup a drive To: kaveman@magna.com.au (Julian Jenkins) Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 15:55:33 -0700 (MST) Cc: terry@lambert.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Julian Jenkins" at Jul 5, 96 08:14:50 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I don't think there is a problem with symlinking /etc/passwd; in theory, > > it's not in use until after the mounts are done. > > Except when booting single user with an insecure console. :) THere is no such thing as an insecure console, IMO. If they can use a screwdriver to remove the hard drive, single user non-password root access isn't a problem. > > > I'm new at this; what design documents are you referring to? > > > > For the FS, the Heidemann thesis. > > Is there somewhere this can be downloaded from? Or some other way to get > a copy? ftp.cs.ucla.edu Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.