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Article #6457Re: /etc/mtab file - what are the correct permissions?
From: Mark Sitkowski
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 00:00
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Craig Dewick wrote:
>
> A member of my site recently pointed out to me that the /etc/mtab file is
> globally writable. It has 666 permissions according to 'ls', and I don't
> think it's a very safe situation.
>
Since mtab is purely for information, and can't be used to actually
mount anything, I don't see it being abused - unless where you mount
your filesystems could be of use to someone?
--
Best regards,
Mark
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