Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933035AbXLPLg1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:36:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1763831AbXLPLgP (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:36:15 -0500 Received: from wine.ocn.ne.jp ([122.1.235.145]:53790 "EHLO smtp.wine.ocn.ne.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759192AbXLPLgO (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:36:14 -0500 To: david@davidnewall.com Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] [RFC] Simple tamper-proof device filesystem. From: Tetsuo Handa References: <200712161944.HEI26071.MOtOFLVHFSQFOJ@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> <200712161956.BJE32406.FOOHtQJLMFOSVF@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> <47650A4C.4000708@davidnewall.com> <200712162026.BFJ01924.tOFJSFOQMVHOLF@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> <47650C88.6040105@davidnewall.com> In-Reply-To: <47650C88.6040105@davidnewall.com> Message-Id: <200712162036.JAJ09389.OQOVtOHMFLFSFJ@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> X-Mailer: Winbiff [Version 2.50 PL2] X-Accept-Language: ja,en Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:36:12 +0900 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 584 Lines: 15 Hello. > > I meant that "/dev must be mounted for read-write mode" > > Again, why? You can mount / partition for read-only mode if you wish to do so. But you cannot make /dev directory for read-only. You won't be able to login to the system because /sbin/mingetty fails to "chown/chmod" /dev/tty* if /dev is mounted for read-only mode. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/