Re: Desktop user: Etch or the next testing?
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galevsky@gmail.com wrote:
> 2007/4/4, Wei Chen <wchenhk@gmail.com>:
>> I found that "chroot" can only be run by root. Why cannot it be run as a
>> normal user?
>
> For security reasons...just imagine a user copy his own binaries and
> conf files under a directory, then chroot to this dir.... he can
> bypass the initial security configuration, delete the stuff he wants
> and so on.
>
But he can also delete them without chroot if he has the permission,
right? And after chroot, he can only delete things that are in the jail.
>> I do not put /home on a separate partition because I never know how much
>> space I need for personal files and how much space I need for system
>> files. If I have another physical disk, I'd rather put backups on it.
>
> Let's use several LVM2 or EVMS partitions, so that you may optimize
> your disk usage with very few restrictions.
>
> Gal'
>
One day, one of my friends messed things up on her system that was on
LVM. After re-installing the system, she had trouble activating the LVM
partitions. (The problem was solved at last.) I learn from that and do
not use this technique. I also heard from some others that it was a
complicated technique...
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Cheers,
Wei Chen
http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/
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