Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 14:00:42 -0600 From: Vincent Stemen <vince.bsd@hightek.org> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gpart device permissions security hole (/dev/geom.ctl) Message-ID: <ZdpK6ltoUgnTSmba@marble.hightek.org> In-Reply-To: <2421f1a5-d924-4912-abff-e000e41f5459@quip.cz> References: <ZdE2Hm6y5Fel2etP@marble.hightek.org> <slrnutei1n.1ebh.pmc@disp.intra.daemon.contact> <Zde7TAehUyMvDQ5F@marble.hightek.org> <2421f1a5-d924-4912-abff-e000e41f5459@quip.cz>
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On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 04:40:00PM +0100, Miroslav Lachman wrote: > I agree with this security problem. Just a small note - there are > backups of partitions (/var/backups/gpart.*) created by periodic script > /etc/periodic/daily/221.backup-gpart (if you have > daily_backup_gpart_enable="YES" in your /etc/periodic.conf or in a > /etc/defaults/periodic.conf which is the default). That way you can get > back the number plate on you house in some cases. Thanks. That's good to know. I was not aware of those features of periodic.
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