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Subject: Re: 2.4.2 ext2 filesystem corruption ? (was 2.4.2: What happened ? (No
To: greearb@candelatech.com (Ben Greear)
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 12:57:16 +0000 (GMT)
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> I'm not arguing it was a smart thing to do, but I would think that the
> fs/kernel/driver writers could keep really nasty and un-expected things
> from happenning.  For instance, the driver could dis-allow any new (non-hdparm)

Like stopping root from using rm -r ? Where is the line drawn

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