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To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:10:58 +0100
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Subject: Re: "nanobsd" prototype 
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In message <20040309152909.A8458@xorpc.icir.org>, Luigi Rizzo writes:
>On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 12:16:37AM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> 
>> This patch contains my "nanobsd" prototype which I have been mumbling
>> about.
>
>possibly related question for you. What are the implications
>in letting mdconfig/mount_mfs available to the general
>user (or suid) instead of making them restricted to root only ?

Misuse of mdconfig is a panic(8).

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