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Old 09-13-2018, 07:56 AM   #1
coldbeer
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Making a partition readonly?


I have data partition that I want to make readonly.
Can I do this through /etc/fstab?

Code:
/dev/sda4    /data    ext3    defaults    1    2
Is this all I need to do?...

Code:
/dev/sda4    /data    ext3    ro    1    2
 
Old 09-13-2018, 07:57 AM   #2
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yes, that should make it read only.
 
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