From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 19 17: 4:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from cygnus.rush.net (cygnus.rush.net [209.45.245.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D288C152C6 for ; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 17:04:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@rush.net) Received: from localhost (bright@localhost) by cygnus.rush.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA15434; Thu, 19 Aug 1999 20:11:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 20:11:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Alfred Perlstein To: Cillian Sharkey Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user mount f/s with kld's In-Reply-To: <37BBCA94.4519D6D5@baker.ie> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Cillian Sharkey wrote: > Hi, > > I just setup my system so that "Joe" user can mount > /dev/fd0 on a mountpoint "Joe" owns..grand no problem.. > > ..BUT it only works when the f/s code for that f/s type is > available (ie. compiled into the kernel or has been previously > loaded as a module) > > however if it's not compiled into the kernel, or already > loaded as a module, user "Joe" can't mount the disk because > the module for that f/s type won't be loaded dynamically.. > > I presume this is because root is only allowed to use > kldload.. ? Yes, otherwise it would be a giant security risk. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message