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From: Chuck <crtb@capecod.net>
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Subject: How about a tar file system?
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Question 1:
  Why not give mount privilege for floppies and cdroms to whomever
  happens to be logged in at the console?  After all, mount_msdos
  is setuid root.  (mount_cd9660 isn't).

Question 2:
I'd really like it if I could use dd to copy a DOS floppy, and then
mount_msdos the image file.  Any guidelines on how to implement that?

Question 3:
  I'd like to let a user mount a tarfile as a filesystem within any
  directory acting as a mount point.  Thus,
	$ mkdir ~/tdir
	$ mount_tar myfile.tar ~/tdir
  Is there any precedent for such a feature?

Three queries in one posting -- wasted bandwidth?  TIA for any help.

        Chuck Bacon -- crtb@capecod.net
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