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[-] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

~~Go to something immutable.~~

Apparently this is not as strong a solution as I thought. Apologies.

[-] moonpiedumplings@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

Not really. Immutability can be overriden by root, who can then edit files.

And in addition to that, /etc/, system config files, including pam files mentioned here, are not immuable even in immutable distros.

[-] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago
[-] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

I don't know that the current crop of immutable distros would be able to prevent something like this. rpm-ostree, at least, lets you install out-of-tree rpm packages to the base system, you just have to reboot for them to take effect.

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