Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:52:32 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com> Cc: Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dump -L and privilege Message-ID: <200301302052.h0UKqW6m008952@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <200301300217.h0U2HVFL015158@beastie.mckusick.com> References: <7miswoocye.wl@black.imgsrc.co.jp> <200301300217.h0U2HVFL015158@beastie.mckusick.com>
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<<On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:17:31 -0800, Kirk McKusick <mckusick@beastie.mckusick.com> said: > The other alternative would be to > create a setuid-to-root program that would take a snapshot and > chown it to the user that does dumps. I think this would actually be a useful feature for more than just dumps. I might want to allow some users (say, those in group `operator') to be able to create snapshots on their own, without allowing arbitrary mounting privileges. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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