Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!att!cbnews!lvc From: lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Lawrence V. Cipriani) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Mounting floppies Message-ID: <2351@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 28 Nov 88 14:02:31 GMT References: <129@minya.UUCP> <8800002@gistdev> <2350@cbnews.ATT.COM> Reply-To: lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Lawrence V. Cipriani) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 15 In article <2350@cbnews.ATT.COM> lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM (Lawrence V. Cipriani) writes: >Something similar to this is in *some* versions of UNIX(tm). The set[ug]id >bits are ignored on exec, opens on block or character devices are failed, and >copying a set[ug]id file on such a file system would clear the s[ug]id bits. >This is applicable on a file system basis, not just for floppies. I hope >it is in UNIX SVR4. I should have said that the list of users allowed to mount what file systems is stored in a file somewhere in /etc. This prevents the problem of mounting a floppy with a password file that someone mentioned. >UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T. -- Larry Cipriani, AT&T Network Systems, Columbus OH, Path: att!cbnews!lvc Domain: lvc@cbnews.ATT.COM