On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 03:53:23PM +0200, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: > No, /root cannot be a separate filesystem. > /root is part of very basic system, and it is required for super user > when he/she is restoring the systems or doing some kind of administration > (e.g. moving filesystems, etc.).
Obviously not. If fscking "/" fails then "/" _will_ be read-only and you _must_ be able to fix it without being able to write under /root, so any system restoration task must work without /root being writeable. If you want to write to /root, then _make_ it writable! That's why you are the system administrator after all. If you want "/" to be read-only, then move /root to some other filesystem. If you want /root to be on the same filesystem as "/", then do not make "/" read-only. Really, this is a "Doctor, it hurts if I shoot myself in the foot - Don't do it, then" kind of situation... Gabor -- --------------------------------------------------------- MTA SZTAKI Computer and Automation Research Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences --------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org