> Wakko Warner writes:
>
> >> This must be stopped:
> >>
> >> ln /etc/passwd ~/passwd
> >> chown user.group ~/passwd
> >
> > doesn't work:
>
> Yes, because Linux prevents operation 2.
>
> It would be more logical (but less traditional)
> to prevent operation 1 instead.
Don't *wham* keep *WHAM* homedirs *WHAM* on root fs *WHAM* *WHAM* *WHAM*
That's it. And don't let users create anything on critical filesystems.
Otherwise you are in for much more straightforward fsckups.
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