Re: snapshots

[Jonathan Walther <krooger_(_at_)_debian_(_dot_)_org>]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 12:08:27AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
>note how if you use lots of filesystems, ie.
>	/ /var /tmp /usr /usr/local /usr/X11R6 /usr/obj
>and such, that it now uses "nodev" and "nosuid" options on various
>ones, to try to secure your machine better by default.

Thats all cool.  Too bad these mount options couldn't just be made
directory inode attributes, settable with chflags.  I don't generally
make and delete partitions a lot, but I do create and delete
directories.  Having that kind of control over my directories would
be extremely useful.

Jonathan

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