On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 10:34:12AM +0200, Tarjei Huse wrote: > The Securing Debian manual suggest one should set the /usr partition to > ro and use remount when you install new programs. > I was just wondering how much security one gains with this. Wouldn't > most hackers go after the programs in the /bin and /sbin directories > anyway? A read-only /usr is not a security measure. -- - mdz