cvs commit: src/lib/libarchive Makefile archive.h.in archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 07:50, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> >Very cool -- finally we can extract files from install CD's without root
> >privilege :-).  This will be very useful.
>
> I agree that Tim's efforts will be useful but it's already possible for
> non-root users to mount CD's as long as:
> - vfs.usermount = 1
> - They can read the appropriate /dev/*cd*
> - They have /sbin in their $PATH
> - They own the directory they are trying to mount over.

There are tools like isoinfo too (although it's userinterface sucks, so a the 
tar support is Really Neat :)

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