Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:11:56 +0300 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas Message-ID: <CAOgwaMvwH_8HtnCU3zvmbDUogtKx=X=q_fsLg0qLHzwQYY3JtQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CALH631kbCFEZ6Y%2Bk7mV8nOVTboTQaMPSJWcQDHbzwNf32u65AA@mail.gmail.com> References: <861r36xzpe.fsf@phe.ftfl.ca> <CAOgwaMuA7ND4_eU=jfEdj%2BEDeUOGey4dMtwZniitTQe7DaTzDg@mail.gmail.com> <CALH631kbCFEZ6Y%2Bk7mV8nOVTboTQaMPSJWcQDHbzwNf32u65AA@mail.gmail.com>
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--000000000000c268b405d187c55c Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Great, thanks! On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 3:00 PM Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 2:11 PM Mehmet Erol Sanliturk < > m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Another important problem is mounting of hard disks connected through a >> USB port or a hot-pluggable port . >> Such connections ( excluding if DOS or NTFS ones are permitted implicitly >> ) require a "root" mount . There is an idea >> "Use sudo or other super user programs for "allowance" of "root" user" . >> In >> my life , I never could understand >> "How is it possible to manage to protect the security of a system by >> using >> such a facility from the "user" space ? " >> >> Is it not possible to allow the user to use a mount command for such >> non-DOS or non-NTFS devices ? >> Why is it necessary to have a fear about such mounting ? >> Please do NOT forget that the computer is available to the user >> PHYSICALLY >> . He ( let's assume he may use violence ) >> can destroy , crash , burn , ... , etc. , the computer PHYSICALLY . Such >> a >> possibility is not considered , but an innocent >> "user" space mount is assumed to be harmful . >> > > This is usually solved by having a mounting daemon that runs as root and > handles user requests for mounting volumes. > Linux has udisks2 for this and we have sysutils/bsdisks > --000000000000c268b405d187c55c--
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