By hodkinsona
I am trying to secure the /tmp and /var/tmp directories by doing the following…
cd / dd if=/dev/zero of=tmpfile bs=1024 count=1048576 mkfs.ext3 -j /tmpfile mount -o loop,noexec,nosuid,rw /var/tmpfile /tmp chmod 1777 /tmp echo “/var/tmpfile /tmp ext3 loop,rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0? >> /etc/fstab rm -rf /var/tmp/ ln -s /tmp/ /var/tmp
However, when using mount, I get the following error…
mount: Could not find any loop device. Maybe this kernel does not know about the loop device? (If so, recompile or `modprobe loop’.)
Why is this?
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Same error:
> mount -t xfs /var/DataRequests.xfs /var/Requests
mount: Could not find any loop device. Maybe this kernel does not know about the loop device? (If so, recompile or `modprobe loop'.)
root@***:~# uname -a
Linux *** 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.41-2+deb7u2 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@***:~# cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.2.0-4-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Debian 4.6.3-14) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.2.41-2+deb7u2
Any ideas how to fix it w/o upgrade?
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