mount and remount as read-only a file in linux

Question

I want to mount a file as read-only and anybody cant write to this file.

I research in internet and find some commands:

 mount -o remount,ro /dev/sda6 /srv/html

and

mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda6 /srv/html

but this for file system and partitons.

How to mount a file as read-only?

Thank you.

`chattr +i /path/to/file` – Nehal J Wani Aug 12 '16 at 12:04 — Nehal J Wani, Aug 12 '16 at 12:04
Thank you , but I do not want to use the chattr. – Easy Dns Name Aug 12 '16 at 12:08 — Easy Dns Name, Aug 12 '16 at 12:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 12 '16 at 12:15

How about a mount bind?

$ touch a
$ echo "Hello World" >> a
$ pwd
/home/nwani
$ mkdir -p /tmp/readonlydir
$ sudo mount -o ro,bind /home/nwani/ /tmp/readonlydir/
$ echo "Hello World" >> /tmp/readonlydir/a
-bash: /tmp/readonlydir/a: Read-only file system
$

mount and remount as read-only a file in linux

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