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Article #6676Writing MSDOS format discs with SunOS...
From: scott%grlab.uucp
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 1991 22:02
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 1991 22:02
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Is there any way to write files onto an MSDOS-format diskette under
standard SunOS? I know about the mtools stuff, which I use on our systems,
but this is for something that we may be trying to do from a commercial
product. For that purpose, we can't assume that the user will have that
software.
I also know that under SunOS 4.1.1, the "pcfs" file system exists which
would work fine except for the fact that one has to be super-user to mount
the silly thing. It seems the only solution for the time being is to write
a program that mounts it, then turn on the setuid-bit for the executable.
I imagine we'd want to ship the source to it, so sys-admins could verify
that it won't do any nasties. I'd really like a way to do this without
requiring super-user intervention.
Any ideas?
Scott Blachowicz
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!brtph3!brchh104!brchs1!bnr.ca!rice.edu!sun-spots-request From: scott%grlab.uucp@hpubvwa.nsr.hp.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Writing MSDOS format discs with SunOS... Keywords: Miscellaneous Message-ID: <1424@brchh104.bnr.ca> Date: 23 Jan 91 22:02:57 GMT Sender: news@brchh104.bnr.ca Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 20 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 29, message 17 X-Note: Submissions: sun-spots@rice.edu, Admin: sun-spots-request@rice.edu