On 1/6/06, Scot L. Harris <webid@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 08:13, Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote: > > Should I submit a bug report asking for a new feature? I think chmod, > > if not other coreutils, should all be installed as 'immutable'. > > > > History - > > One of my students did a chmod a-x /bin/* > > > > After some thought I fixed this by mounting the /bin directory onto a > > VFat and moved the new 0755 file to linux. > > > > Is there a way to execute chmod when it is set 0644? Is there a way > > to change the file permissions when chmod is disabled? > > > > At any rate, I set all my students chmod files to immutable (chattr +i chmod) > > > > Thoughts? Comments? > > Why did you give your students root access? If they have root access > they can get around the quick fix you describe above. "student learning Linux systems?" Besides, it's not designed to "stop" them; chattr was designed to stop and allow them to "think" one more time before they pull the trigger. Yet again =) Hmmm, I guess I could make them repeatedly installed Fedore Core -- and thereby drive them to hate Linux in general. Teach them to use a system command, huh? -- WC -Sx- Jones | http://ccsh.us/ | Open Source Consulting
