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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--nextPart1296069.gWzMAolica Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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 GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart1296069.gWzMAolica Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBB2JWO5ZPcIHs/zowRArWYAJ4qwnISmz99CPcRXjE2yx0zeEwHzwCePNwv rMIYCrfVcmaSw0CsBgskD/8= =Zu1K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1296069.gWzMAolica--
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