From: Hacksaw <hacksaw@hacksaw.org>
To: "J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: udev: what's up with old /dev ?
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 20:06:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200410110006.i9B06aF9019868@hacksaw.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Oct 2004 23:25:46 -0000." <1097450746l.5993l.0l@werewolf.able.es>
>I don't think it is needed. There is no problem (i am thinking on rootles
>nodes and PXE and so on...) on building a simple initrd with /dev/console,
>/dev/null
I'm looking for no initrd. I'm not a fan of them. It seems like having to use
an electric drill to start your car.
I like the idea that someone could accidentally scribble all over /dev, and on
reboot the system would just rebuild it. It makes /dev less of a vulnerability.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-11 0:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-10 22:08 J.A. Magallon
2004-10-10 22:51 ` Zack Weinberg
2004-10-10 23:15 ` Hacksaw
2004-10-10 23:25 ` J.A. Magallon
2004-10-11 0:06 ` Hacksaw [this message]
2004-10-11 19:13 ` Denis Vlasenko
2004-10-11 9:14 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2004-10-11 10:29 ` Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
2004-10-11 12:02 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2004-10-11 11:11 ` Hacksaw
2004-10-11 12:04 ` Felipe Alfaro Solana
2004-10-11 20:06 ` Hacksaw
2004-10-11 20:51 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2004-10-11 21:28 ` Hacksaw
2004-10-12 0:19 ` Greg KH
2004-10-12 8:11 ` Harald Dunkel
2004-10-12 16:58 ` Greg KH
[not found] ` <416C26B4.6040408@t-online.de>
[not found] ` <20041012185733.GA31222@kroah.com>
[not found] ` <416C3BB6.4040200@t-online.de>
[not found] ` <20041012203022.GB32139@kroah.com>
2004-10-12 21:35 ` Harald Dunkel
2004-10-13 13:08 ` Mathieu Segaud
2004-10-13 14:13 ` Harald Dunkel
2004-10-13 14:33 ` Mathieu Segaud
2004-10-10 22:41 Michael Thonke
2004-10-11 7:19 Zack Weinberg
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