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mount noexec and ro
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2006-11-06 05:58:03
But normally only root can make devices, right?

El Sábado 04 Noviembre 2006 20:03, Paul de Vrieze escribió:
> On Saturday 04 November 2006 17:27, Joe Knall wrote:
> > correct, it's atually like this
> > /srv/www type ext3
(ro,nosuid,nodev,acl,user_xattr)
> > /srv/www/data type ext3
(rw,noexec,nosuid,acl,user_xattr)
> >
> > but I need a /dev, currently data/dev with null
and urandom there,
> > writeable and not nodev (could as well be a
separate partition).
> > Do you think this turns all the rest in vain?
> 
> Nodev is mainly for those situations where you may not
have full control over 
> the disk (like usb sticks). But the ability to have
devices will mean that 
> those who can make devices can abuse them.
> 
> Paul
> 

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