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Re: Reading read-protected devices in *BSD

From: eivind () YES NO (Eivind Eklund)
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 03:26:56 +0200


On Sun, Sep 06, 1998 at 12:19:54PM -0600, Todd C. Miller wrote:

Note that in OpenBSD only the superuser may mount filesystems
by default.  This can be changed by setting the kern.usermount
sysctl to 1.


The same goes for FreeBSD, actually.  Also, the problem is (as far as
I'm able to tell) only relevant for FreeBSD-current, not -stable or
the releases - ie, 2.2.* does not seem vulnerable.

Eivind.

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