Re: F29 System Wide Change: Make BootLoaderSpec the default

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On 06/22/2018 05:15 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>> On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 03:30:23PM -0400, Kyle Marek wrote:
>>> Anaconda in F28 currently claims /boot cannot be vfat. However, this
>>> appears to be an artificial limitation, because `grub2-install` works
>>> and makes a bootable GRUB with a vfat-typed --boot-directory.
>>> I'm not sure why there would be an issue with /boot being vfat. I guess
>>> two good questions to ask that might offer some insight:
>> Well, currently, we have things in there with different selinux
>> labels....
> And basic Unix permissions... because there can be privileged content in
> GRUB config and even initramfs.

That's interesting. I generally don't see /boot as something that normal
users shouldn't be able to read. Or, in other words, I generally don't
see it as a place where secret data should be stored.

Any particular examples?
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