NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/alt/sys/sun/3589

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From: [e-mail] (Mark Hurd)
Subject: Re: Can "normal" users mount under Solaris 2.X
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Summary: gripe about mount re PCFS
Keywords: gripe, mount, PCFS
Organization: Logica Pty, Sydney
References: <[e-mail]> <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 09:16:58 GMT
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IMHO, it's about time Sun produced a set of minimal commands that
any user can execute to mount a floppy, as a DOS disk, or as a Unix
file system.  I don't think that this is too much to ask given that
eject and fdformat are available to everyone.

Obviously, some situations would require more stringent access, but
that should be configurable using groups and permissions.

While I'm in the mood, I'll also add a command that locks the console
to the user logged in to the keyboard so that others cannot access the
device to my wish list.  If it can be done for a tty, why can't it be
done for the screen.

BTW, would it be too easy to set up a set uid root command on a Unix
FS floppy on one machine, and then use it on another. I assume the answer
is that, as with NFS mounts, it can be made secure with the right options
to the mount command.

Has anyone had any dealings with Unix FS floppies?  I've got as far as
formatting one and fscking it, but I don't have root access to mount it.

Mark Hurd
Logica Pty, Sydney
Currently at County NatWest
[e-mail]