On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, David Ford wrote:
> > Immutable means NOBODY can do anything bad with it, not even root. The
> > last thing I want is users setting immutable flags on my system.
> As root you are free to remove flags with chattr regardless of who set them.
Not without shutting down the machine.
> Permissions don't stop root from deleting a file in one step slip-ups.
rm -r asks. rm -rf doesn't. Just as it should be.
> Permissions don't stop dhcpcd from screwing with your /etc/resolv.conf
> (client that doesn't support the option for NOT messing with it) or similar
> situations.
I don't think file flags are the proper way to deal with broken software.
Simon
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