jbayer@ispi.UUCP (Jonathan Bayer) (02/09/89)
In article <1512@viscous.sco.COM> uunet!sco!rosso (Ross Oliver) writes: >In article <5980007@hplsla.HP.COM> jeffh@hplsla.HP.COM (Jeff Harrell) writes: >>>Does anyone know how to access the first disk partition (MSDOS drive C:) >>>under xenix as vpix drive C:? Is it possible to "boot" vpix from >>>this partition? >> >>I don't think VP/ix 1.1 will do it. I tried and got zip! >>Who knows, when VP/ix actually works we may by able to >>do quite a few usefull things with it... >> >>Jeff (Spectra Software) Harrell > >Add the following line to your vpix.cnf file: > > D: /dev/hd00 > >You must grant read and write permission on /dev/hd00 for all users ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Not so. You have to grant 644 permissions. This will allow all users to READ, but not WRITE. This greatly reduces the security risk mentioned below: >who will be using it. This poses a considerable security risk, since >/dev/hd00 addresses your ENTIRE hard disk (including fdisk and badtrack >tables, all filesystems, etc.) This is necessary because MS-DOS requires >access to the fdisk table. Also, VP/ix opens the device for exclusive >use, so only one user can use it at a time. And since VP/ix opens all >devices for read/write, it is impossible to set up your DOS hard disk VPIX may try to open for read/write, but it is perfectly happy opening it for read-only. Look at the manual on page 3-12, in section 3.6.2, where it states that "Several VP/ix users can access the same partition simultaneously, but on a read-only basis". It goes on to state that you cannot write to a hard disk partition under VP/ix, but that is wrong (I just checked it on my system). I have checked all of the above on this system, running Xenix 2.3.1, VP/ix version 1.01. > >Ross Oliver >Software Support Engineer >The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Normally I don't do this, but mild FLAME ON: ROSS, YOU SHOULD CHECK YOUR FACTS BEFORE YOU MAKE THESE STATEMENTS. IT GIVES A BAD IMPRESSION WHEN END-USERS AND THE MANUAL SAY THAT YOU ARE WRONG. FLAME OFF. JB -- Jonathan Bayer Beware: The light at the end of the Intelligent Software Products, Inc. tunnel may be an oncoming dragon 19 Virginia Ave. ...uunet!ispi!jbayer Rockville Centre, NY 11570 (516) 766-2867 jbayer@ispi.UUCP