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Date:      Mon, 26 Aug 2002 21:37:47 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To:        Giant <joko@prosys.co.id>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help
Message-ID:  <20020826093747.GA9441@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <000b01c24cd5$c8e6a920$da1502df@lmsidi>
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On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 02:54:19PM +0700, Giant wrote:
> how about using sudo? can it solve the problem to? cause i heard that su is
> not secure. sudo is more secure than su

Yes you can use sudo. However, I'd say it's *less* secure than su(1);
it's just more convenient in certain cases.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Chen" <jonc@chen.org.nz>
> To: "Giant" <joko@prosys.co.id>
> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 2:31 PM
> Subject: Re: Help
> 
> 
> > On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 09:45:59AM +0700, Giant wrote:
> > > Why can't i mount cd or harddisk with user account? always prompt with
> some error msg that said only root that can do it. what should i do?
> > >
> >
> > su to root and mount it. Users shouldn't be able to mount cdroms and
> > harddisks. If there were able to, they could mount a CD/HD containing
> > a root suid program and totally trash your system.
> > --
> > Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >                              "Beer. Now there's a temporary solution."
> >                                                        - Homer Simpson

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