<berenger.morel <at> neutralite.org> writes: > > If a partition is mounted as read-only, I think no software will be > able to write on it, because the kernel is responsible of what will > happen. Low level open&close functions just call kernel's API, so if the > kernel refuse writings, I can not see a solution to write. > But I am not a kernel expert, I always prefer the standard C/C++ > functions instead of OS's dependent low-level feature. >
Hello, Yes the above would work in most cases but in the case I am dealing with, the filesystem is not mounted yet. For example, I plug in a USB drive. Before it is mounted, there is a /dev/sd[x] node. I can open this node and write anything I want, thereby corrupting the filesystem on that device. Thanks, Amit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/loom.20121126t224347-...@post.gmane.org
