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Date:      Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:15:01 +1030
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libarchive Makefile archive.h.in archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c
Message-ID:  <200501031115.02156.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20050102212028.GA34222@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
References:  <200501020521.j025LF68085390@repoman.freebsd.org> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050102121314.18844A-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20050102212028.GA34222@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>

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On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 07:50, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> >Very cool -- finally we can extract files from install CD's without root
> >privilege :-).  This will be very useful.
>
> I agree that Tim's efforts will be useful but it's already possible for
> non-root users to mount CD's as long as:
> - vfs.usermount =3D 1
> - They can read the appropriate /dev/*cd*
> - They have /sbin in their $PATH
> - They own the directory they are trying to mount over.

There are tools like isoinfo too (although it's userinterface sucks, so a t=
he=20
tar support is Really Neat :)

=2D-=20
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
  -- Andrew Tanenbaum
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