Robert: Yes, that would also work.
I couldn't help thinking about larger strategies the followed from your particular problem, I guess. Chris --- On Thu, 3/6/08, Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [uml-user] how to ensure a root filesystem is always "read-only"? > To: "Christopher Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "UML user mailing list" <user-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Thursday, March 6, 2008, 7:13 AM > On Thu, 6 Mar 2008, Christopher Marshall wrote: > > > Remove non-user write permissions from the root_fs > file: > > > > chmod og-w root_fs > > > > And run the uml instance from a different user account > than the > > owner of the root_fs file. > > why would i need to do that as opposed to just removing *my > own* write > permission and starting UML sessions under my normal user > account? > wouldn't that have exactly the same effect? i > don't see the need for > bringing other user accounts into it. > > rday > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: > Have classroom, will lecture. > > http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, > Ontario, CANADA > ======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
