Richard Stallman writes:
> > I stand by what I have said. On most machines there is no reason to
> > limit access to floppies to root.
> >
>
> That's not what you said. You said to make the it world writable.
>
> Your message has the tone of a cross-examination, so it doesn't
> deserve an answer, but I will respond civilly anyway.
Or he's just being pedantic (read: precise), which isn't a bad thing
at all.
> I restated my views in slightly different words the second time,
> figuring that saying them a different way would help make them clear.
> "Limit access to root" refers to the practice of setting up /dev/fd0
> with mode 600 and owner root, which I have found (and changed) on
> dozens of machines I have used. That limitation screwed me many
> times. The hypothetical problem of someone else reading my floppy was
> in most cases impossible because nobody else (except the person who
> was letting me use his home machine) could possibly have logged in on
> it.
What's wrong with changing the ownership when a console user logs in?
Regards,
Richard....
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