Re: /etc/mtab mode change with dismount

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From: Rex Pruess
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 12:35

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jeffo@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
   > What is the correct way to keep the mode of /etc/mtab from changing to
   > root-only read and write when a volume is unmounted?
   > ... is the fix for this to make df(1) setuid root?

You could stuff something like the following in '/etc/crontab.local':

          1,31 * * * *  root  /bin/chmod 644 /etc/mtab

Not elegant, but probably adequate.
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  Rex Pruess, Weeg Computing Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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