On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 07:51:33AM -0700, Eric Shubes wrote:
> I've created a sandbox for building rpms. It was suggested to me that for 
> some directories, such as /bin, /lib, /sbin, I could mount them with 
> ro,bind options instead of coping or hard linking them. What I've 
> discovered, though, is that the ro mount option does not prohibit root from 
> modifying a mounted directory. Is there any way to mount a directory such 
> that root cannot write to it?

Verify that it's really mounted ro by typing "mount" and seeing the
options actually used. If it's really read only and root can write to it
then it sounds broken to me.

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Darrin Chandler            |  Phoenix BSD Users Group
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