Re: immutable bit

From: Paul Howarth (paul_at_city-fan.org)
Date: 11/29/05

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    preeti malakar wrote:
    > Why is the immutable bit of all system binaries viz files in /sbin, /bin, /usr
    > not set, so that none can change or delete them?
    >
    > as you can see chattr /bin/login will give
    > ------------- /bin/login

    Security updates would fail for a start...

    Paul. 

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