* Karl E. Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-30 12:31]: > > What are the permissions on /dev/cdrom (or more precisely: the device > file that /dev/cdrom is a symlink to)? > uccellina:~!132> ls -l /dev/hdc brw-rw---- 1 root disk 22, 0 Mar 14 2002 /dev/hdc
> Do you have read/write permissions to it? > Yeah, I do have: uccellina:~!133> id -a uid=9258(ruf) gid=111(private) groups=111(private),4(adm),6(disk)... If I had not read/write permissions, I could not read the content of the cdrom. However, were the mount/umount programs required to be set-uid'ed root? Or would this cause an extreme security hole? Thanks, -- Lukas Ruf http://www.lpr.ch http://www.maremma.ch http://www.{{topsy,nodeos}.net,{promethos,netbeast,rawip}.org} Wanna know anything about raw ip? Join [EMAIL PROTECTED] on www.rawip.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
