Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 21:37:47 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Giant <joko@prosys.co.id> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help Message-ID: <20020826093747.GA9441@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <000b01c24cd5$c8e6a920$da1502df@lmsidi> References: <014001c24caa$b604e2c0$da1502df@lmsidi> <20020826073113.GA8948@grimoire.chen.org.nz> <000b01c24cd5$c8e6a920$da1502df@lmsidi>
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[Please don't remove Cc: freebsd-questions] On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 02:54:19PM +0700, Giant wrote: > how about using sudo? can it solve the problem to? cause i heard that su is > not secure. sudo is more secure than su Yes you can use sudo. However, I'd say it's *less* secure than su(1); it's just more convenient in certain cases. -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people" > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jonathan Chen" <jonc@chen.org.nz> > To: "Giant" <joko@prosys.co.id> > Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 2:31 PM > Subject: Re: Help > > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 09:45:59AM +0700, Giant wrote: > > > Why can't i mount cd or harddisk with user account? always prompt with > some error msg that said only root that can do it. what should i do? > > > > > > > su to root and mount it. Users shouldn't be able to mount cdroms and > > harddisks. If there were able to, they could mount a CD/HD containing > > a root suid program and totally trash your system. > > -- > > Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Beer. Now there's a temporary solution." > > - Homer Simpson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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