RE: [MiNT] drive letters (was: Kernal questions)

["Julian Reschke" <reschke@medicaldataservice.de>]

> From: owner-mint@fishpool.com [mailto:owner-mint@fishpool.com]On Behalf
> Of Martin-Eric Racine
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 8:07 AM
> To: Frank Naumann
> Cc: MiNT List
> Subject: RE: [MiNT] drive letters (was: Kernal questions)
>
>
> > > I would propose to just allow Fattrib() on the u: drive. This way,
> > > interested people can use chmod.ttp during system startup to hide the
> > > entries if they want to. Should be a painless change.
> >
> > Yes, that's a much better idea.
>
> I don't agree.
>
> As you know, the purpose of chmod is to restrict access (or hide) certain
> directories.  In the case of / it belongs to root, so if we allow a chmod
> on U: we could easily end up locking access to the whole filesystem.
>
> Julian's idea sounds like a simpler solution, but it really opens up too
> many security breaches and fails to handle the simple task outlined above.

I don't see how this would be a problem if we support only the "hidden" flag
for Fattrib(), and if this ability remains restricted to the super user.

Please be more specific in your comments, right now they don't seem to be
very constructive...