On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 09:27:34AM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 09:15:40AM -0600, John J. Trammell wrote: > > - have /bin, /etc, /sbin, and /usr on read-only media (CD-R?) > > - have /home, /root, and /var on disk (maybe as little as 2 Gb?) > > In the event of problems, you could have a bit of trouble getting the > machine back up to fix it if /bin, /etc, /sbin, /lib, and /root > aren't all on the root partition. > > Also, if /bin, /sbin, /lib, and/or /usr are on read-only media, you > can't update software as security patches are released. Granted, an > intruder won't be able to plant trojaned binaries, but they'll still > be able to trash /home and /var. > Those are very good points. I guess my only rebuttal is that CD-R's are cheap :-) I also like the idea of doing a http request instead of email to "send" the dynamic IP. What could be done for backups? Hard to do over a 56K link. -- johntrammell at yahoo.com | 78BA 706C C5F9 9321 E7C4 933B D063 907B A88E 924B Twin Cities Linux Users Group (TCLUG) Mailing List http://www.mn-linux.org Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota irc.openprojects.net #tclug