On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Phill Coxon <[email protected]> wrote: > Just in case anyone has the misfortune of having to run Windows on > occasion here's a very cool tool I just found: > > http://www.fs-driver.org/ > > It enables you to mount EXT2 or EXT3 filesystems under windows with full > read and write access. > > "If you realize that you need some files for your work which you have > stored on an Ext2 volume of your Linux installation, you no longer have > to shut down Windows and boot Linux."
It is indeed very handy, Be aware of security issues though: " The current version of the Ext2 file system driver does not maintain access rights. All users can access all the Ext2 volumes that a drive letter is created for. For example, if a drive letter has been created for an Ext2 volume, which is the root volume of a Linux installation, you can simply read and modify files such as /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. User names are readable and passwords of these users can be quite easily cracked and modified! Therefore the current Ext2 file system driver does not fit for installations which require restrictive rights policies. It should be sufficient for your computer at home, which is used by one or a few users only. Furthermore, you should create drive letters for a root volume of a Linux installation only if you know exactly what you are doing. " http://www.fs-driver.org/faq.html#acc_right_limit
