Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 14:00:03 +0100 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Stefan KORONKA <KoronkaS@interscope.ro> Cc: "'chat@freebsd.org'" <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: desktops and mounting Message-ID: <20010104140003.G10414@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <D08F9E2FE307D411857300104B34F1A202DB45@URANUS>; from KoronkaS@interscope.ro on Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 02:51:47PM %2B0200 References: <D08F9E2FE307D411857300104B34F1A202DB45@URANUS>
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Stefan KORONKA said on Jan 4, 2001 at 14:51:47: > > > > Interesting. Now that I look and see, the mount program is already > > suid on linux systems. However, won't doing this mean that > > an arbitrary > > user can mount/dismount any filesystem, not just the CDROM? (linux > > has the "user" option in /etc/fstab which is required for non-root > > mounting.) > > > > Yes, I know. Of course, you can do only "chmod 4550 mount_cd9660", > but you still need to modify the access for the umount. > > You better ask this on -questions; i am wondering what the answer > is too - if there will be some answer. It's been asked before, several times. The standard answer is "read the FAQ". I wasn't really expecting to get better answers this time, just wondering whether anyone else thinks it is a problem. The sudo suggestion looks nice too. Rahul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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