On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Mike Vanecek wrote: > I guess one could always go with a 500MB /boot, a 1 GB sway, and whatever is > left over goes to /. The suggestion that separate partitions are need to > protect from run-away programs, security, and so on may be valid. However, > guessing the incorrect size of a partition could cause more of a problem? > > Please set me straight if doing such a simple partition is really a potential > exposure to security. The thing is, security is never an absolute. Protecting such directories as /var is good. Making /home a seperate partition ensures a rogue, or careless, user from bringing down the system. With the right partition setup you can make all your system directories such as /bin /sbin, /usr as read-only. It depends on how paranoid you are. It is not just about security either. Having /home, /usr/local, /root, /mnt, and /opt as their own partitions means I can unmount all of them and do an operating system install/upgrade or what have you and not endanger any local data. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
