On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 05:04:32AM +0300 or thereabouts, kAlunya seemed to write:
> Hello, Core-Team!
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> As shortly said in ${SUBJECT}, there is a question.
> In 5.1 Release thereis a situation:
> # whoami
> root
> # dd if=/dev/ad0 of=sect0_copy count=1
> ..........it is ok........
> # dd if=sect0_copy of=/dev/ad0
> dd: /dev/ad0: Operation not permitted
That's at the device level.
> # rm -rf / ????? :)
That's at the filesystem level. There's an important difference.
>
> What is going on with permition to write my boot sector back on ad0?
> So image repeats when I am in single mode with / mounted as RO
> Is it ok with driver?
> >From one side - it's ok, FreeBSD says: "Hm... Thereis mounted things on this
> >device! ;( Go away from my ad0!!!"
> >From other side... Am I r00t on 127.0.0.1??? :((
> I _DO WANT_ this operation. But Free doesn't...
It's GEOM.
Google the archives for allow_shooting_into_my_foot.
There's a patch to make this a sysctl-configurable behavior.
-- Josh
>
> Is it good with she?
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> With best wishes, Nick.
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