Write Protection

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• Live Mode
• read-only
• Write Protection
• Grub-live
• Kicksecure on USB
• Persistent Mode

This page explains how to enable write protection for an entire hard disk or for individual files and directories. It also discusses the security implications of these protections.

Write Protection for the Hard Disk

• See Live Mode, grub-live and read-only.

Write Protection for specific Files or Folders - chattr

Enable.

chattr +i /path/to/filename

Disable.

chattr -i /path/to/filename

• Security: Should be reliable at least against the package manager replacing the file, unless package management scripts use chattr, which is very rare.

Security of Write Protection

To learn more about the technical challenges of write protection, see technical information on write protection and grub-live, Security Considerations

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