Michal Jaegermann wrote: OK, thanks. Read thru bz and added comment, but don't see a work around for now. Is there one? -- --------------------------------- Regards, Old Fart

Michal Jaegermann wrote: It's bizarre that that hasn't been fixed. I was horrified to find my NTFS partitions mounted rw, I didn't pursue it because I had other things on my mind. I don't trust Linux to write to NTFS, and I won't until I have a throw-away filesystem _and_ have verified it myself. Even then, I won't trust it much. As for logging in as root, I can, and the extent to which it represents a security hazard depends on context and circumstances _I_ know with regard to my systems, but you folk don't. In the particular case where I found my NTFS filesystems mounted rw, I was running bleeding-edge, and had my rawhide system harmed itself, well that's the risk, but willfully exposing my Windows filesystems to increased risk by mounting them, not just ro but _rw_ is just not acceptable. The software suppliers' role in this is to make their software as safe as they can, even when used by root, and provide the tools users need while not getting in their way. Mounting filesystems just because you can is unsafe; prohibiting users from logging in as root is getting in the way. -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa(a)coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa(a)coco.merseine.nu -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-)