> >> i have just managed to "mount" an ffs partition > >> as msdos. the the system promptly dies. > >> > >> $ sudo fdisk sd0 > >> Disk: sd0 geometry: 120/255/63 [1935360 Sectors] > >> Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55 > >> Starting Ending LBA Info: > >> #: id C H S - C H S [ start: size ] > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> > >> 0: A6 0 1 1 - 119 254 63 [ 63: 1927737 ] > >> OpenBSD 1: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ > >> 0: 0 ] unused 2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 > >> [ 0: 0 ] unused 3: 00 0 0 0 - > >> 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused > >> $ sudo mount -t msdos -o nodev,nosuid,-x,-l,-m666 /dev/sd0a /mnt > >> $ > >> [dead system] > >> > >> can anybody reproduce this? > >> > > If I plug my 110volt computer into a 220volt socket, it will promptly > > die too! > > > > Why on earth would you even try to do this? > > > > > > That's no excuse. The point here is that any unprivileged user can hang > the system at will.
I don't see an unprivleged user. I see root performing the mount, since only root can perform mounts (unless a sysctl is activated, which noone uses). Hey look everyone, it's another uneducated user mouthing off on a noisy mailing list. He goes blah blah blah, loving the sound of his own noise. There's no excuse for what he's saying. If he gave a damn about anything except his own noise he'd go look at the code and find out why this happened.
