Re: Reading read-protected devices in *BSD

From: Eivind Eklund (eivindat_private)
Date: Sun Sep 06 1998 - 18:26:56 PDT

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On Sun, Sep 06, 1998 at 12:19:54PM -0600, Todd C. Miller wrote:
> Note that in OpenBSD only the superuser may mount filesystems
> by default.  This can be changed by setting the kern.usermount
> sysctl to 1.

The same goes for FreeBSD, actually.  Also, the problem is (as far as
I'm able to tell) only relevant for FreeBSD-current, not -stable or
the releases - ie, 2.2.* does not seem vulnerable.

Eivind.

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