Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!deimos!uxc!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!gistdev!flint From: flint@gistdev.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Mounting floppies Message-ID: <8800002@gistdev> Date: 27 Nov 88 04:01:00 GMT References: <129@minya.UUCP> Lines: 6 Nf-ID: #R:minya.UUCP:129:gistdev:8800002:000:379 Nf-From: gistdev.UUCP!flint Nov 26 22:01:00 1988 I think it would be nice to have an option on mount that would basically say "If the suid or guid bits are set on any files not owned by me, then clear the bits and then mount the floppy." Such an option could presumably be used without your having to be the super-user: it might be extremely slow, but so what? Mounting a floppy is hardly a fast operation in the first place.