Re: Discuss: Workstation with Read-Only access for users (Protected)
RalfGesellensetter wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> as opposed to Windows installations, I am glad needing no hardware protection
> to secure the dual boot Skolelinux installation.
>
> On the other hand, I observe cases where the non-protection shows
> disadvantages: Especially in school labs, it happens that machines are turned
> off during booting or running. In these cases, the Linux installation can run
> into trouble - at least ckdsk is necessary.
>
> I am quite sure that it whould be possible to mount /usr and /boot ro.
> As logs go to tjener, even /etc and /var could be kept non-writable.
>
> Another approach would clone the technique of Protector hardware, simulating a
> transparent layer on the hard disk that will be gone after reboot. Same thing
> is used by unionfs: Knoppix makes CD-ROM partition seemingly writable by
> merging in a RAM-Disk.
>
> I believe if we find a simple (KISS!) way to implement a mostly r-o
> Workstation, this would be much more robust in school settings.
I believ this is what the next version of ltsp is dooing. with unionfs
on top of nbd block device. If i am correct this is allready working.
Ronny
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