From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 7 21:39:38 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BD3316A4CE for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:39:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from postfix3-2.free.fr (postfix3-2.free.fr [213.228.0.169]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E586D43D3F for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:39:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from FabriceMarchant@free.fr) Received: from there (lyon-2-62-147-22-107.dial.proxad.net [62.147.22.107]) by postfix3-2.free.fr (Postfix) with SMTP id C299EC0AE for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2005 22:39:35 +0100 (CET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Fabrice To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 23:37:53 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] References: <20050207120056.6442416A504@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20050207120056.6442416A504@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20050207213935.C299EC0AE@postfix3-2.free.fr> Subject: =?iso-8859-1?q?RE=B2=3A_FreeBSD_is_dangerous?=! X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 21:39:38 -0000 >> I installed FreeBSD 5.3. >> When I mount_ext2fs my Linux partitions on the same computer, >> FreeBSD give me access to them in R/WRITE mode without needing any password ImobachGonzalez Sosa replied to me : >What's wrong with that? Anybody with a FreeBSD install CD can modify my beloved data I store in my debian Linux partitions. Of course with a Linux rescue floppy is it possible to behave same naughty way... But, as I told to Joshua Tinnin : "If I remember when I mounted a Linux partition - for example a Debian one - on the ext2/3 filesystem of another Linux or Knoppix, it was only possible to read, not to write on it. But a vfat filesystem could be mounted on R/W mode." albi wrote : > if you mount FreeBSD from Linux, it will only mount it read-only, does > that make Linux less dangerous ? ;-) I do not have tested cos I'm not able up to now to mount the FreeBSD filesystem (UFS ?) on my Debian Linux. I asked how to perform this on the french Linux Forum Léa-Linux http://lea-linux.org/pho/ but nobody helped me about this... Please Albi, can you explain to me how to mount the FreeBSD partition on my ext2 or 3 filesystems ? > this behavior is pretty normal, from a Linux or FreeBSD installation you > can easily mount a FAT-partition read/write on the same machine Yes, Linux do this with FAT but that doesn't hurt me because I couldn't care less than Micro$oft vfat... > if you're interested in security maybe this webpage is interesting to read : > http://www.defcon1.org/html/Security/Secure-Guide/secure-guide.html Thank you Albi ! I've a lot to learn about security. Regards Fabrice.