Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 19:16:02 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@Dataplex.Net> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot floppy banner Message-ID: <199802060316.NAA02532@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Feb 1998 21:12:10 CST." <l03130308b1002dfed528@[208.2.87.4]>
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> At 8:49 PM -0600 2/5/98, Mike Smith wrote: > >> Personally, I would like to see "/" purged of everything possible. > >> However, I would like to add a "/.rc" file to be used as a stub in > >> place of "/etc/rc". This would permit me to have a way to mount > >> "/etc" as a read-only file system and still maintain a writeable root > >> in a mfs. > > > >Why should you want /etc/rc writable? > > I DON'T. I want it READ-ONLY. The files that traditionally > reside there and have to be modifiable can be moved and > referenced by symbolic link. The only file in /etc/ that is normally modified is /etc/motd. > The problem is that "/" has to be writeable. It does? Why? (I've run with / readonly just fine) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\
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