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Re: [BL] mounting by user

From: qwms-avib AT dea.spamcon.org
To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] mounting by user
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:41:06 +1200

James Miller (office) wrote:
>
> Are there some security concerns surrounding mtools? (since they
> apparently get root priviledges)

Not really. Access to /dev/fd0 can be given only to specified
users (eg. the "floppy" group). If desired, this can be limited
to read-only access.

Cheers,
Steven

[BL] mounting by user, Andrew Langdon-Davies, 07/11/2003
- Re: [BL] mounting by user, qwms-avib, 07/11/2003
  - Re: [BL] mounting by user, Andrew Langdon-Davies, 07/14/2003
    - Re: [BL] mounting by user, qwms-avib, 07/14/2003
      - Re: [BL] mounting by user, Andrew Langdon-Davies, 07/15/2003
        
        Re: [BL] mounting by user, James Miller, 07/15/2003
        
        Re: [BL] mounting by user, qwms-avib, 07/15/2003
        
        Re: [BL] mounting by user, James Miller (office), 07/15/2003
        Re: [BL] mounting by user, qwms-avib, 07/15/2003
        
        Re: [BL] mounting by user, russ loroville, 07/15/2003
        
        [BL] Thanks Steven, russ loroville, 07/16/2003
        Re: [BL] Thanks Steven, qwms-avib, 07/17/2003
        [BL] dosemu and a text editor, keesan2, 07/17/2003
        
        Re: [BL] mounting by user, Andrew Langdon-Davies, 07/16/2003