Re: swapfile security weakeness

Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)
Sat, 7 Nov 1998 18:43:06 +0200

MAH> Well, only to be technically correct and perfect I suppose, but
MAH> does anyone really still use MSDOS/UMSDOS filesystems for
MAH> anything under Linux? I mean, I have MSDOS mounted rw for data
MAH> sharing and DOSEMU access, but not for storing any Linux stuff
MAH> on. Before I had UMSDOS for extra Linux space in a limited
MAH> system setting.

I have 5 vfat partitions mounted - one for sharing data with windows and 4
on my transport hdd. When I occassionaly need very much swap, I create
some additional swap files and since the free space is usually on the
transport hdd, I use a vfat partitions for it.

-- 
Meelis Roos (mroos@tartu.cyber.ee)


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