On Saturday 22 March 2003 12:44 am, et wrote: > On Friday 21 March 2003 05:08 pm, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > Hi all... > > > > For the last 7 years or so I thought that Windows had > > no security at all. Until today. > > > > But first things first : I don't have Windows on my > > box. In no way, manner, shape or form. Only Mandrake > > 9.0. > > > > Well, a modification is needed here : > > > > My box is set up with 4 users : My ever-beloved wife, > > my two daughters and the man himself. (Our two cats use > > it as well, but only because it's a nice, warm place to > > take a nap). > > > > We respect each others privacy. Accordingly the > > security-level is set to *high*. We can't peep into > > each others stuff. Fine. But we have a lot in common. > > We have various family-related stuff, letters, and the > > family photo-album. > > > > Now, the last time the *sysadmin* (me) installed > > Mandrake he wanted to show off : creating a *common* > > partition on the 80 GB drive. In fact, besides the > > usual / , swap and /home partitions - all ReiserFS - he > > created a fourth : a FAT32 partition (/dev/hda4). The > > reason for FAT32 (VFAT) was simple : a Windows-FS. No > > permission issues, no security at all, free access to > > everyone, everything in public, belly-up. > > > > Surprise, surprise. Initially everything was perfect, > > but after a few weeks the FAT32 partition seems to > > close its *Gates*. - Normally it would have > > *dwrxrwxrwx* permissions, meaning that it was showing > > off nude in public. But maybe it's getting shy : now > > the permission are *dwrxr-xr-x*, meaning that only root > > (me again) can write to it. > > > > That - of course - triggered my filthy phantasy. I > > tried to become root and change the permissions by > > issuing the command : chmod 777 * . > > > > Guess what ? : No effect at all ! > > > > Then : chmod u+w * ...... : Operation not permitted > > !!!! > > > > And so on and so forth. > > > > Conclusion : Bill Gates finally found a way to defeat > > even a linux - ROOT. > > > > At least on my box. > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > were you changing permissions on the fils? try changing > the mount points (ie. chmod 777 > /mnt/fatpartitionnamegoeshere
Nope Ed. I actually WAS in that directroy trying to change permissions. "Operation not permitted" However, I think Miark solved the issue right now : umask=0 0 0. Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.0 - kernel 2.4.19.24 Brought to you from my 100 % Micro$oft-free computer.
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