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Date:      Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:17:49 +0200
From:      ws@tools.de (Wolfgang Solfrank)
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, tech-userlevel@netbsd.org
Cc:        tech-kern@netbsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need some advice regarding portable user IDs
Message-ID:  <199908191217.OAA28628@kurt.tools.de>

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Hi,

> huh?  NetBSD (at least) allows non-root mounts (forced to
> nodev,nosuid, ..) if the user owns the mount point and has appropriate
> access to the underlying device..
> 
> I thought that was a 4.4Lite feature..

BTW, since non-root users can mount anything, we should make the filesystems'
code more robust, so that one cannot take the machine down by inserting
random media and mounting it.

Ciao,
Wolfgang
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ws@TooLs.DE     (Wolfgang Solfrank, TooLs GmbH) 	+49-228-985800


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