Richard Stallman wrote:
> > "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
>
> The solution for many has been to make the /dev/fd0 entry options
> 'user,exec' (or similar).
>
> This might be a good solution too; it is a way of not limiting access
> to root.
The only problem with it is that the user must type 'mount' and 'umount'
after inserting and before ejecting, which is not DOS-style.
Since supermount isn't integrated and autofs has the ability to do
mount/umount, if it could nab the UID and mount as not root, things
would be even easier.
Then, just to be clean, the VFS would need to dirty the buffers when it
got the disk change message. It may be possible to get code to do this
integrated in 2.5.x (or a later 2.4.x if autofs is updated), unless
supermount is integrated first, as which point this may all be moot.
I, personally, think that autofs should respect the 'user' option if it
can, though, and not mount everything as root.
> Many machines are connected to networks nowadays. You have no idea who
> else may be on there.
>
> Most machines are personal and the owner has a very good idea of who
> may be there. (Barring cracking, of course--but if the machine has
> been cracked, the floppy is the least of your worries.) I find it
> bizarre that so many people do not want to recognize this.
I think that most people treat ``their'' computers as personal
computers, but that the majority of computers are actually not
personal. As I said before, *I* have 2 computers, both of which are at
home. At work, I have around 7. All of my coworkers have computers
here at work, and not all of them have computers at home. I don't find
this atypical.
Christopher
