Mike McCarty wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> Mike McCarty wrote: >>> Having root access only gives one effective ownership, not effective >>> permission. Being root gives one the same privileges the owner would >>> have. >>> >> It gets more interesting when you have fuse mounted file systems. I >> have an encrypted file system as user mikkel, and root can not >> access it, unless I change to user mikkel, even if it is "unlocked". > > That makes perfect sense. Ownership and access are not the same > thing. > > Mike A agree. But in the past, root would have access no matter who owned the files/directories. I like it much better this way - one more step someone with root access has to go through. And if it isn't mounted, then nobody without the pass-phrase can access it anyway. It is kind of funny when installing RPMs to get a message about not being able to stat the file system... Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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