[H-GEN] Need help during install, or just after ;)
Robert Stuart
rstuart at bssssq.edu.au
Fri Jun 12 19:28:10 EDT 1998
Martin Pool wrote:
>
> >/ Should not be readonly as many /etc files (passwd for example) need to
> >be written to.
[snip]
> I guess passwd really ought to be in /var, but it's about
> twenty years too late to say that. :-/
>
If the passwd/shadow files where in /var, might there not be problems
with root when trying to log in (in single user mode with a
corrupt/unmounted /var)? What does the root password get checked
against? [Although if the person has physical access to the machine,
then it hasn't done a lot for security anyhow].
--
Robert Stuart
Ph 61-7-3864 0364
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