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| From | Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" |
| Date | 2015-12-17 23:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <qGOKC-53D-17@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> writes: > dd'ing an image to a raw device does require root. Why? If it's a removable device and not a system filesystem, it wouldn't be unreasonable to give such access to anyone logged in at the console, on the grounds that they could otherwise take the device away and write it on their other system where they do have root access.
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Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2015-12-16 22:20 +0100
Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Ulf Volmer <u.volmer@u-v.de> - 2015-12-16 23:10 +0100
Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-12-16 23:20 +0100
Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2015-12-17 01:10 +0100
Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-12-17 20:00 +0100
Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-12-17 22:00 +0100
Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2015-12-17 22:40 +0100
Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2015-12-17 23:00 +0100
Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-12-18 11:30 +0100
Re: Incorrect group on /dev/fd0? "disk" vs "floppy" Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-12-17 22:10 +0100
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