Re: Security Debian Questions

2007-04-21 Thread Jim Popovitch
On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 20:30 -0500, George P Boutwell wrote: > I don't remember the exact details, but the problem I think revolved > around not being able to properly boot-up since the /tmp and/or the > /var/tmp where needed during the boot, but not being mounted yet. Actually in order for /tm

Re: Security Debian Questions

2007-04-21 Thread Daniel van Eeden
George, You could try booting from an debian install cd/dvd and choosing the rescue option. Then you'll have to chroot into you installation and fix the mountpoints. But this is a work-around, it shouldn't be so hard to do. Cheers, Daniel On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 20:30 -0500, George P Boutwell wro

Re: Security Debian Questions

2007-04-21 Thread Hermann Kaiser
Hi, On Apr 21, 2007, at 3:30 AM, George P Boutwell wrote: Hey, I have a few questions about how to actually implement some things laid out in the Securing Debian How-To... I read in there that it's preferred to set-up separate partitions for mount points such as /tmp, /var/tmp, & /home.