[LBo] Re: Curious about a security issue

[Dave Lerner]

vwall wrote on 02/11/2007 12:14 AM:
> 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.

The reason I installed lde was to learn more about the linux file
system. It can display data in both inode and block mode.  I wanted to
see how info was actually stored on the disk.