[4161] in testers
Re: Failure to attach system packs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Winship)
Wed Jun 2 00:33:09 1999
Message-Id: <199906020433.AAA22917@Implementor.mit.edu>
To: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Cc: testers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "01 Jun 1999 22:37:27 CDT."
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Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 00:33:00 -0400
From: Dan Winship <danw@MIT.EDU>
> > Well, yes, that would be the "don't allow users to remove arbitrary
> > files in random parts of the filesystem" change.
>
> How about having -O disable that check?
Hm... and if there's a directory hierarchy on the place attach wants
to attach something, attach -O can rm -rf it to free up the
mountpoint? :-)
I agree with Greg that we should deal with this some in public
workstation cleanup, but I'd prefer to continue having attach obey the
rule "If it's not yours, don't touch it."
-- Dan
