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Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 15:51:35 -0700
From: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@vger.timpanogas.org>
To: Willy Tarreau <wtarreau@free.fr>
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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
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