Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:43:14 -0400 (EDT) From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org, tech-kern@netbsd.org Subject: Re: Need some advice regarding portable user IDs Message-ID: <199908241243.IAA00597@Twig.Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
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>> BTW, since non-root users can mount anything, we should make the >> filesystems' code more robust, so that one cannot take the machine >> down by inserting random media and mounting it. > They can't mount anything, they need to have access to the block > devices. It is not unreasonable for vanilla users to have read/write access to the block devices for removable media (floppies, zip disks, etc). From what I hear, it's not even particularly uncommon. der Mouse mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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