Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:43:42 +0100 | From | David Weinehall <> | Subject | Re: [Fwd: NTFS repair tools] |
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On Fri, Dec 08, 2000 at 08:19:46AM -0500, David Relson wrote: > At 11:54 PM 12/7/00, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > > >Linux today monitors this list. Some public education may be the best > >route. How do we post a security advisory warning people that will get > >posted? I'm sure folks see the DANGEROUS comments, but they don't seem > >to stick in their heads. Then they get themselves into trouble, and > >fortunately for them, I'm around. I am just concerned about the scope > >of the black eye that will just keep getting bigger and bigger for Linux > >NTFS. > > > FWIW, Mandrake Linux includes a tool MandrakeUpdate which allows > downloading of "Normal Updates" or "Development Updates". If you chose > Devel Upd, you get the following warning: > > Caution ! These packages are NOT well tested. > You really can screw up your system > by installing them. > > Perhaps the configure tools could recognize a DANGEROUS status (or keyword > or ???) and would display such a message ...
No amount of warnings can prevent morons from f**king up. Unix gives you enough rope et al. I'm not arguing for removal of any warning, but seriously, if we have a loud (DANGEROUS) warning in the config-system aaaaaand a warning in the help-text that the write-support probably will mess up your fs, how much more can you do? I bet that if we remove the config-option, people will still enable it manually, then go "Waaaaa, your stupid kernel messed up my filesystem, Linux sucks!"
But I kind of liked the
Enable write support (DANGEROUS) Really enable write support (DANGEROUS) Are you f**king nuts?!
approach anyway. A strong candidate for Rik van Riel's patch-of-the-month homepage.
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