Re: [LUG] Accessing Linux Drives from Windows

[Chris Hawkins <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark wrote:

> On Sunday 14 Aug 2005 23:02, Steve Ellis wrote:
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> > Hello
> >
> > Apologies for to those that know about this already.
> >
> > I came across this the other day think anyone with a dual boot
> > Linux/Windows system will find it quite useful.
> >
> > www.fs-driver.org
> >
> > It is a Ext2 File System driver for Windows (read & write).
> >
> > Simple install & program is accessible from the control panel.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Steve
> >    
>
> Looks quite interesting - thanks for the link! I see Ext3 is also supported- 
> which covers many of the more modern distros :)
> Not running Windows, I will get the wife to test it out ;)
> I was looking at the link and wondering - as this does not preserve Linux file 
> permissions, I assume that if the Windows machine was compromised, the 
> attacker could gain access to the majority of the Linux system and add 
> himself to the users or carry out root type activity or other nefarious 
> activities? 
> Mark - a new guy in the LUG  :) 
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That's entirely true, I can't remember if it was this tool or another 
mentioned in LXF a month or two ago. Basically it makes sense not to 
automount the drives in windows, but only open them when necessary to 
avoid this type of problem.


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