docs/52829: [PATCH] Installing FreeBSD: Benefits of multiple filesystems
Brian Minard
bminard at flatfoot.ca
Sun Jun 1 23:20:19 UTC 2003
The following reply was made to PR docs/52829; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Brian Minard <bminard at flatfoot.ca>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: docs/52829: [PATCH] Installing FreeBSD: Benefits of multiple filesystems
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 19:03:53 -0400
Use this patch instead. The previous one contains broken tags.
--- chapter.sgml.orig Sun Jun 1 18:52:09 2003
+++ chapter.sgml Sun Jun 1 19:00:13 2003
@@ -1747,7 +1747,13 @@
<para>Different filesystems can have different <firstterm>mount
options</firstterm>. For example, with careful planning, the
root filesystem can be mounted read-only, making it impossible for
- you to inadvertently delete or edit a critical file.</para>
+ you to inadvertently delete or edit a critical file. As well,
+ separating the filesystem containing <filename>/home</filename>,
+ from other filesystems means that user-writable filesystems can be
+ mounted <firstterm>nosuid</firstterm>. This will prevent the
+ <firstterm>suid/guid</firstterm> bits on executables stored in
+ <filename>/home</filename> from taking effect, possibly improving
+ security.</para>
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