Removing /writable/ kills the system
Bug #1634885 reported by
Dave Morley
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| snapd |
Triaged
|
Medium
|
John Lenton | ||
Bug Description
STORY:
User see some text that says remove /writable/ to reset the system so does.
STEPS:
1. Install core
2. Setup user in console-conf
3. SSH into the system
4. sudo rm -rf /writable/
5. Power off once complete
EXPECTED:
I expect the system to still be able to boot due to it's read only system
ACTUAL:
The system becomes completely unbootable due to the system snaps being in /writable/
Revision history for this message
| Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in snappy: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| Changed in snappy: | |
| assignee: | nobody → John Lenton (chipaca) |
| status: | Triaged → In Progress |
| Changed in snappy: | |
| status: | In Progress → Triaged |
| affects: | snappy → snapd |
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We want to be much more robust here and use "chattr -i" to protect the most important files. This is no grantee of course but it will make the system much more resilient against accidental failures.