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Re: ide cd-rom changers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sheldon E. Newhouse)
Thu Nov 14 11:04:47 1996
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 10:14:09 -0500 (EST)
From: "Sheldon E. Newhouse" <sen1@math.msu.edu>
To: Miguel Avillez <pancho@galaxy.ce.uevora.pt>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961114145727.2203D-100000@galaxy.ce.uevora.pt>
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On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Miguel Avillez wrote:
> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:58:45 +0000 (WET)
> From: Miguel Avillez <pancho@galaxy.ce.uevora.pt>
> To: "Sheldon E. Newhouse" <sen1@math.msu.edu>
> Cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: ide cd-rom changers
>
> why dont you chmod a+r /dev/hdc ? therefore you would prevent them of
> writing.
>
> or do it only for a group of users you trust.
>
This works, but are there any security risks?
As a further point of curiousity, all devices /dev/hd*
are given the permissions
brw-rw----
Is there any reason why they should not be given
brw-rw-r--
Thanks,
-sen
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