Date: 11 Feb 1999 08:39:57 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mounting CDROM (or removable media) by users Message-ID: <rd6btj1t5xu.fsf@world.std.com> In-Reply-To: pcasidy@worldnet.fr's message of 10 Feb 1999 17:51:34 %2B0100 References: <19990210001221.19077.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> <199902101635.RAA03064@greatoak.home>
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pcasidy@worldnet.fr (Philippe CASIDY) writes: > I just want to know what is the technical reason why by default, only > root can mount the cdrom. Since no one else seems to have answered this (at least publicly), the answer is security. Imagine, for example, mounting CD-ROM with an suid root program on it. You could hack around this problem (as a starting point, note that the mount command already has nosuid and noexec options), but it's simpler to just control access to the device node itself. Be well. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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