[ltp] Two Questions from me.

[Scott Dixon]

Harald Milz wrote:
> 
> In article <000001bf216c$e25b92e0$163ce1cf@easystreet.com>, Scott Dixon <scott@metaphorics.com> wrote:
> > The automounter is a good way to go.  Another useful possibility is to use the
> > "user" option in /etc/fstab.  For example:
> 
> > /dev/hda6             /mnt/d                      vfat   noauto,user
> 
> > This option allows normal users (i.e. not root), to mount this device (mount
> > /mnt/d).  The noauto is probably also a good idea so that the devices isn't
> > automatically mounted at startup.
> 
> Yes but this requires mount to be suid root. I personally don't like that.
> 
Yes, that it true.  I'm not enough of a security head to know how
dangerous that is, although I can accept the principal that the fewer
the suid programs the better.  Does SuSE come with mount not set suid
root?
Scott
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