[4165] in testers
Re: Failure to attach system packs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Wed Jun 2 10:49:05 1999
To: Dan Winship <danw@MIT.EDU>
Cc: testers@MIT.EDU
From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 02 Jun 1999 10:48:57 -0400
In-Reply-To: Dan Winship's message of "Wed, 02 Jun 1999 00:33:00 -0400"
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Dan Winship <danw@MIT.EDU> writes:
> > > 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? :-)
Oops, good point. :-) Suggestion withdrawn.
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Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
