Re: Debian with read-only /usr

2001-03-15 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 12:41:23PM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > I was unclear in my question... I'm definitely planning to do a read-only > export from the server. My concern is with how apt will behave if/when run > on the workstations, where /usr will be forced to be ro by the ro export. >

RE: Debian with read-only /usr

2001-03-15 Thread Josep Ll. Paniagua
UNSUBSCRIBE ME PLEASE!! > -Mensaje original- > De: Eric G. Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Enviado el: jueves, 15 de marzo de 2001 17:52 > Para: Debian-User > CC: Dave Sherohman > Asunto: Re: Debian with read-only /usr > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 200

Re: Debian with read-only /usr

2001-03-15 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 10:22:47AM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > I'm looking at NFS-mounting /usr for a largish number of machines, with the > basic idea that then I can just keep the binaries on the central server up-to > date and the workstations will all follow along with (hopefully) a minimum

Re: Debian with read-only /usr

2001-03-15 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 11:07:27AM -0600, Carl Greco wrote: > You could always mount the `/usr' filesystem on the server as readonly > and use the `remount' option of `mount' to remount `/usr' as writeable > during an apt upgrade. The other option would be to export `/usr' > readonly, i.e., in the

Re: Debian with read-only /usr

2001-03-15 Thread Benjamin Pharr
At 10:22 AM 3/15/01 , you wrote: I'm looking at NFS-mounting /usr for a largish number of machines, with the basic idea that then I can just keep the binaries on the central server up-to date and the workstations will all follow along with (hopefully) a minimum of effort. I'm a little concerned

Re: Debian with read-only /usr

2001-03-15 Thread Carl Greco
Dave - You could always mount the `/usr' filesystem on the server as readonly and use the `remount' option of `mount' to remount `/usr' as writeable during an apt upgrade. The other option would be to export `/usr' readonly, i.e., in the `/etc/exports' on the server. Dave Sherohman said on March

Debian with read-only /usr

2001-03-15 Thread Dave Sherohman
I'm looking at NFS-mounting /usr for a largish number of machines, with the basic idea that then I can just keep the binaries on the central server up-to date and the workstations will all follow along with (hopefully) a minimum of effort. I'm a little concerned about apt, though... I wouldn't ex