Re: a humble request

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Tim wrote:
> Mike McCarty:
> 
>> Also, anything which "auto mounts" at any time is not going to survive
>> on my machine for more than the time it takes to remove it permanently
>> from my discs. Such behavior is a enormous security hole begging for
>> a breach.
> 
> Bollocks.  Automounting a CD-ROM that I've inserted, should get it
> mounted as owned by me, not root or someone else.  It shouldn't be able
> to do anything to the *system*.  It should appear as an extension of
> your own user-space.  And auto-mounting is not the same thing as
> auto-running.
> 
I have to agree with Tim here - the drive just auto-mounting is not
a security risk. Auto-run is another story. This is especially true
if it is mounted as owned by the user that is logged into the
console. But you do have the option of turning it off. I think
auto-run should be shipped turned off. I guess time will tell on
that one...

Mikkel
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