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Re: Are /cdrom and /floppy really forbidden by policy?



On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 01:41:47PM -0400, Jonathan P Tomer wrote:
> > Yep, it also implys nosuid (maybe noexec as well, but i'm not positive)
> 
> yeah, noexec and nosuid are both implied by user. can someone explain to me
> what is the point of having noexec though? anyone who can read the device
> can just copy the file over to his home directory and then it is executable,
> so why bother?

Ownership changes when you copy?

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