On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, Xin Zhao wrote:
> Why not simply unset the write bit for all three groups of users?
> That seems to be enough to prevent file modification.
another usage: if you "chattr +i /var" while /var is unmounted, then root
is unlikely to accidentally create files/dirs in /var -- and when you
mount the real /var on top it works fine. i tend to protect all my mount
points this way (especially those in /mnt) to avoid my own dumb mistakes.
-dean
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