Re: nosuid option for '/'?
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On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Art Lemasters wrote:
> Do any of you see any potential problem with putting the 'nosuid'
> option for the '/' directory in /etc/fstab?
Yes. Various essential apps that should be in / (/bin actually, which
should be on /) require suid. Unless you don't mind not being able to
login as anyone besides root ;)
> And if nosuid is a good thing for this system, can it be implemented
> for the /home directories only, without doing it for the whole /
> directory?
If /home is a separate partition, certainly. Just make the modification
the the /home line of fstab. If not, then no.
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