Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:36:18 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, Harald Schmalzbauer <h.schmalzbauer@omnisec.de> Subject: Re: regular user can destroy disk label?!? Message-ID: <200707072236.l67MaI7C073631@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: <20070706143347.S18110@fledge.watson.org> References: <200707031127.07413.h.schmalzbauer@omnisec.de> <200707031113.l63BDcZW036403@fire.js.berklix.net> <20070704083238.GA80543@voi.aagh.net> <200707041300.l64D08og087278@fire.js.berklix.net> <20070706143347.S18110@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson wrote: > On Wed, 4 Jul 2007, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > > Thomas Hurst wrote: > >> * Julian H. Stacey (jhs@berklix.org) wrote: > >> > >>> Either: > >>> - You made a typo with ar0s2 & meant ad0s2, > >>> - Or you really mean "ar" - man 4 ar reports a comms card ! > >> > >> ataraid(4) exposes ATA RAID devices as ar%d: > >> > >> -% man 4 ataraid |grep /dev > >> /dev/ar* ATA RAID device nodes > > > > Thanks Thomas, that explains name then. > > > > It doesnt affect thoughts on permissions though, unless driver very strange. > > Something people occasional get surprised by is the fact that members of the > operator group are given significant access to local disks, etc. Could user > account in question have been in the operator group? > > Robert N M Watson Good guess; No response seen though from questioner Harald S., (though my mail filter was in heavy change this week). BTW Harald S., Ian Smith wrote add -d: cd /dev ; ls -l -d . ar0s2 -- Julian Stacey. Munich Computer Consultant, BSD Unix C Linux. http://berklix.com HTML mail unseen. Ihr Rauch=mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Dump cigs 4 snuff.
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