Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 13:47:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Hans Huebner <hans@artcom.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Does this deserve send-pr? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980428134557.11911E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <m0ySGzO-00000wC@mail.artcom.de>
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On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Hans Huebner wrote: > >> # mount_cd9660 /dev/wcd0c /dev > >No, that's pilot error. :) phk would swat that PR in an instant. > > I strongly disagree. If there is a way to sanity check the arguments, > they should be checked. I agree that pilots need to know what they do, > but crashing the machine because of a pilot error should be avoided if > possible. If you do that, then you have to create a magic list somewhere of directories to filter out, and I **KNOW** that will bite someone trying to recover a busted system. Mount is like format -- it assumes you know what you're doing. This is why mounts require superuser privileges :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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