Subj : Re: Slackware 10.0 Partioning help To : comp.os.linux From : Mutant Date : Thu Sep 23 2004 01:34 pm On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:54:51 -0500, Moe Trin wrote: > In article , Mutant wrote: >>On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:57:48 -0500, Moe Trin wrote: >>> In article , Mutant wrote: >>> >>>>One of the things multiple partitions/mount points do is that it >>>>enhances security. >>> >>> How? Other than a denial of service attack (that can be handled >>> by disk quotas). > >>Start with: >> >>Running Linux 3rd edition > > Sorry, I have the second edition, and the fourth edition (ISBN: 0-596-00272-6) > has been out for 20 months. Neither the first edition (viewable as the > 'Install-Guide' at the Linux Documentation Project, or the second edition > admit to _security_ enhancement. Care to expand? If the partitions are > mounted, then security comes in permissions and ownership. If they are not > mounted, they are as safe whether there is 2 or 30 - root can still see > them and the contents. > > Old guy You seem to be saying that after reading Running Linux 4th Edition you are still clueless. Is this fair? -- .