On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 02:43:29PM -0500, Raul Miller wrote: > On 12/16/05, Bastian Blank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 01:54:45PM +0000, Ian Jackson wrote: > > > Are you saying that the current default permissions on (eg) /dev/hda* > > > are insecure and therefore wrong ? > > > > Yes, I overwrite them on my machines. > > And what is your reason for being unwilling to use the same procedure > on devmapper disks?
Which procedure? You seem to know something I don't know. ("Overwrite" means in my context: chmod of static devices or a MODE setting in the udev config) > Personally, I'm using a system where the only way to obtain root access > is to log in as root -- there's no privileges gained through suid binaries. Err? Write access to the device of a mounted filesystem is a way to gain root if you don't disable several options. Bastian -- "Beauty is transitory." "Beauty survives." -- Spock and Kirk, "That Which Survives", stardate unknown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]