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- From: raob@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (r. oxbrow)
- Subject: Re: Can "normal" users mount under Solaris 2.X
- Message-ID: <9302607.12658@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
- Keywords: gripe, mount, PCFS
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- Organization: Electrical and Electronic - University of Melbourne
- References: <C15usz.L0t@intcorp.mn.org> <1jsrrbINNtc@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> <1993Jan25.091658.5092@county.oz.au>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:38:29 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.091658.5092@county.oz.au> mark@county.oz.au (Mark Hurd) writes:
- >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.
- >
- >..
- >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.
-
- Provided your running a windowing system you can change the protection
- on the screen, keyboard and mouse so other users can't access them..
- (If you not running a windowing system on a Sun Sparc - then you should be)
-
-
- >...
- >
- >Mark Hurd
- >Logica Pty, Sydney
- >Currently at County NatWest
- >mark@county.oz.au
-
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