Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:49:32 -0800 From: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, phk@freebsd.org, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/geom geom_vol_ffs.c Message-ID: <20030203134932.A44770@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030203201026.GD98559@roark.gnf.org>; from gordont@gnf.org on Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 12:10:26PM -0800 References: <11633.1044300113@critter.freebsd.dk> <xzphebl6t4p.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030203201026.GD98559@roark.gnf.org>
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* De: Gordon Tetlow <gordont@gnf.org> [ Data: 2003-02-03 ] [ Subjecte: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/geom geom_vol_ffs.c ] > > - Although tunefs(8) won't let you set a volume label containing > > anything but alphanumerics (IMHO, it should accept underscores as > > well), there's nothing in g_vol_ffs_taste() that checks for invalid > > characters in the label. What happens if I manually edit the > > superblock and put a / in there? (imagine inserting a borrowed Zip > > disk and boom...) > > I've got a commit in my tree that adds a comment about this. It's on > my TODO list. I was thinking of adding . as a valid character as well > (but disallowing leading periods for security reasons). Security reasons? What's wrong with things like ls hiding certain volumes in /dev/vol/ if they aren't using -a or similar? -- Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> AIM: BSDFlata -- IRC: juli on EFnet OpenDarwin, Mono, FreeBSD Developer ircd-hybrid Developer, EFnet addict FreeBSD on MIPS-Anything on FreeBSD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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