Re: a cd "key"

2007-05-21 Thread Eric Johnson
On Fri, 18 May 2007 18:16:03 -0400 "Clint M. Sand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 08:47:21PM +1000, Timothy Wilson wrote: > > Had you thought about mounting certain areas as read only? > > For example, /etc, /local can be mounted as read only. When you want > > to make change

Re: a cd "key"

2007-05-18 Thread Sean Malloy
On 5/17/07, BradenM - Sonoma Computer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi; In the past, I read an article which told me of a process in which a cd houses the important system binaries and software and even some settings and is left outside of the machine so that unauthorized users, and even root, cann

Re: a cd "key"

2007-05-18 Thread Clint M. Sand
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 08:47:21PM +1000, Timothy Wilson wrote: > Had you thought about mounting certain areas as read only? > For example, /etc, /local can be mounted as read only. When you want > to make changes, such as installing a new package or whatever, just > remount the file systems read/w

Re: a cd "key"

2007-05-18 Thread Timothy Wilson
Had you thought about mounting certain areas as read only? For example, /etc, /local can be mounted as read only. When you want to make changes, such as installing a new package or whatever, just remount the file systems read/write. You can also use jails. Timothy

Re: a cd "key"

2007-05-17 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 10:40:11AM -0700, BradenM - Sonoma Computer wrote: > Hi; > > In the past, I read an article which told me of a process in which a cd houses > the important system binaries and software and even some settings and is left > outside of the machine so that unauthorized users, a

Re: a cd "key"

2007-05-17 Thread Eric Johnson
On Thu, 17 May 2007 10:40:11 -0700 "BradenM - Sonoma Computer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi; > > In the past, I read an article which told me of a process in which a cd houses > the important system binaries and software and even some settings and is left > outside of the machine so that unaut

Re: a cd "key"

2007-05-17 Thread Artur Grabowski
"BradenM - Sonoma Computer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi; > > In the past, I read an article which told me of a process in which a cd houses > the important system binaries and software and even some settings and is left > outside of the machine so that unauthorized users, and even root, cann

a cd "key"

2007-05-17 Thread BradenM - Sonoma Computer
Hi; In the past, I read an article which told me of a process in which a cd houses the important system binaries and software and even some settings and is left outside of the machine so that unauthorized users, and even root, cannot access the programs unless the disc is within the system's cdrom