Victor McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> doghaus wrote:
> Hi, I know this is not a critical issue (mainly an annoyance), but here
> goes: I am getting a ERROR status on my Bering firewall when viewed via
> Weblet. I am using a bootable CD. This is the report:
>
> Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/root 16384 4188 12196 26% /
> tmpfs 31428 4 31424 0% /tmp
> tmpfs 2048 40 2008 2% /var/log
> /dev/cdrom 2208 2208 0 100% /cdmnt
>
> Is there a way to either neglect the /cdmnt fs in this report, or fool
> the firewall into thinking it has plenty of space available on the CD?
>
> Thanks -- John
>
> And yes, I know I went way overboard on RAM, but what else I am going to
> use 32MB DIMMs for?
> Why not umount /cdmnt. The CD is only needed for booting and it may
> actually reduce your security marginally by leaving it mounted. There is
> a remote chance that a cracker might find some useful utilities on it.
>
> Victor McAllister
>
Well, thanks for the reply, and I feel pretty silly for sending that in.
Duh. But, I just read the newest version of Bering doesn't monitor
mounted cd's or floppies, so now I won't have to go through the anguish
of unmounting them every three weeks when my circuit breaker blows.
Neat.
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