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From: chongo@nsc.UUCP (Landon Noll)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: 4.2 request: Read-only ROOT filesys
Message-ID: <2521@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-Mar-85 22:38:29 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 26 22:38:29 1985
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References: <2483@nsc.UUCP> <1640@ittvax.UUCP> <2505@nsc.UUCP> <245@gitpyr.UUCP>
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In article <245@gitpyr.UUCP> robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya) writes:
 >> I want things like /etc/passwd and the inode for /dev/kmem to be on the ...
 >Your users don't change their passwords often, do they?

There ARE other ways besides just using a file called /etc/passwd to verify
access.  And to answer you directly: Not on my personal computer they don't! ;-)

chongo <For a good time, ask Stallman about passwords and public access> /\**/\
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