Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ira.uka.de!rusmv1!theorie!julia!regn From: regn@informatik.uni-ulm.de (Robert Regn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Can an OD be Permanently mounted? Message-ID: Date: 11 Apr 91 17:18:57 GMT References: <1991Mar07.091952.28376@ecst.csuchico.edu> Organization: University of Ulm, Germany Lines: 15 In <1991Mar07.091952.28376@ecst.csuchico.edu> mrush@cscihp.ecst.csuchico.edu (Matt "C P." Rush) writes: > Is there any way to Mount an OD (as root, probably) and then set som >thing so that no one can eject it? The system runs off of a Hard Drive, and >has 1 Optical Drive that I'd like to permanently Mount for additional, seldom- >used files. > Since the Cube is readily accessible, I'd like to have some way of >preventing users from coming in, unmounting the OD, and walking off with or >damaging 256MB of files and a $100 cartridge. Is this possible? Yes: create a process which has the 'current directory' somewhere on the od