Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 14:28:52 +0100 From: Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net> To: Julio Merino <juli@merino.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting /usr read-only Message-ID: <20010911142852.A22728@shaft.techsupport.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010911124523.A8587@juli.local>; from juli@merino.net on Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 12:45:24PM %2B0200 References: <20010911124523.A8587@juli.local>
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* Julio Merino <juli@merino.net> [010911 11:40]: > Hi all, > > I would like to mount /usr read-only. I have been trying it, but I have > found some weird things which avoid me to mount it ro. > > First of all, I'm running xfstt. So, with the /usr mounted ro, it can't > initialize its font database each time I boot up the computer. Why it > does not place its database information in /var, like some other > systems do (i.e. Debian)? Any good solution? > > And the second problem I've seen with this is the /usr/compat/linux/etc > directory, which is also read on startup, and it fails for the same > reason. Any idea about this? Symlinks would fix both of these. -- No violence, gentlemen -- no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture! -- Sherlock Holmes Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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