From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 00:04:38 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5920B37B401; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 00:04:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A156443FE1; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 00:04:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.org@lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA14541; Tue, 10 Jun 2003 01:04:30 -0600 (MDT) X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook renders your system susceptible to Internet worms. Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20030610010227.02a68ed0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 01:04:25 -0600 To: Doug Barton From: Brett Glass In-Reply-To: <20030609162102.U5564@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz> References: <200306092254.QAA10240@lariat.org> <200306092254.QAA10240@lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removable media security in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Security issues [members-only posting] List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 07:04:38 -0000 At 05:21 PM 6/9/2003, Doug Barton wrote: >On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, Brett Glass wrote: > >> Allowing the user to use sudo would effectively be giving him/her root >> privileges, which we explicitly don't want to do. > >No it wouldn't. You can specify the commands that you allow each user to >run. Ah, but letting the user mount and unmount things effectively lets that person do anything he or she wants, by switching around what's mounted at key mountpoints. --Brett