gpart device permissions security hole (/dev/geom.ctl)

2024-02-17 Thread Vincent Stemen
Hi. In the process of writing some systems administration tools on FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE to custom partition drives and setup computers for our network and our customers, I have discovered that any user belonging to the 'operator' group has the power to completely delete the partition table and wip

FreeBSD 13.3-BETA3 Now Available

2024-02-17 Thread Colin Percival
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 The third BETA build of the 13.3-RELEASE release cycle is now available. Installation images are available for: o 13.3-BETA3 amd64 GENERIC o 13.3-BETA3 i386 GENERIC o 13.3-BETA3 powerpc GENERIC o 13.3-BETA3 powerpc64 GENERIC64 o 13.3-BETA3 powerpc6