[LBo] Re: Curious about a security issue

vwall vwall at earthlink.net
Sun Feb 11 06:14:04 CET 2007


Dave Lerner wrote:
> I'm curious about a security issue.
> 
> I have the package lde (Linux Disk Editor) installed.  It allows one to
> read/write raw data on the disk, evidently bypassing directory and file
> permissions.

You can use dd from the CLI, to write sectors to the hard drive.  It 
should be only executable by root.

-- 
Virg Wall




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