Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Fwd: NTFS repair tools] | Date | Sat, 09 Dec 2000 17:49:00 +0100 (MET) | From | Willy Tarreau <> |
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One problem with warnings at compile time is that in many cases, administrators use kernels provided by friends or collegues that "know linux better than them". If an admin uses a kernel in which write support has been activated to mount an NTFS file system without providing any option, he will get it mount R/W without any warning, then may destroy it at the first mistake or so.
perhaps we should add an option such as "force" to mount an NTFS r/w, and as suggested by JBG, print a KERN_EMERG message when attempting to mount it r/w without the "force" option.
we could also add a static counter which will make the first r/w mount always fail, to ensure people will read the message, and which would prevent people from mounting r/w from fstab.
just my $0.02.
BTW, I like the message about microsoft preventing from fixing the driver ;-)
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