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Re: root volume's device can be read without being root!
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Re: root volume's device can be read without being root!


  • Subject: Re: root volume's device can be read without being root!
  • From: Thomas Tempelmann <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:25:24 +0200

On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 18:36, Dan Markarian<email@hidden> wrote:
> Hey Thomas,
>
> Is the device in question detachable from the system?
>
> We do not afford a detachable device any special status even if it later
> hosts the root volume.

Ah, yes. The system is on a USB stick.

So, this is kind of "on purpose". Still, this makes it rather unsafe
when someone boots the system from an external disk, which is not so
unlikely, or is it?

--
Thomas Tempelmann, http://www.tempel.org/
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