Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 9 Dec 2000 15:51:35 -0700 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: [Fwd: NTFS repair tools] |
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On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 05:49:00PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
Alan has spoken. If DANGEROUS doesn't get their attention, what will?
Jeff
> One problem with warnings at compile time is that in many cases, administrators > use kernels provided by friends or collegues that "know linux better than them". > If an admin uses a kernel in which write support has been activated to mount > an NTFS file system without providing any option, he will get it mount R/W > without any warning, then may destroy it at the first mistake or so. > > perhaps we should add an option such as "force" to mount an NTFS r/w, and as > suggested by JBG, print a KERN_EMERG message when attempting to mount it r/w > without the "force" option. > > we could also add a static counter which will make the first r/w mount always > fail, to ensure people will read the message, and which would prevent people > from mounting r/w from fstab. > > just my $0.02. > > BTW, I like the message about microsoft preventing from fixing the driver ;-) > > Cheers, > Willy > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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