Re: Raw vs. Cooked dbspaces?

Posted in 2000

Topics: Storage & Space Management, Security, Permissions & Auditing

Obnoxio The Clown — Thu, 25 May 2000 10:26:56 BST — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

From: Paul Watson <paulw@wfsoftware.com> > >Oh I know one or two Sys Admins who've mkfs'd a raw partition thinking >it's not in use, not so bad if its a normal data dbspace but if its >rootdbs then ... OK, I can play this game too: I was off site one day when I got a phone call from the client. Their auditors had come in to inspect their new computer, and they wanted to see all the disk on the system. So instead of doing an ioscan or whatever, the engineer they called in had formatted (biff) mkfs'ed (bang) and mounted (wallop) the Informix partitions and (this is the good bit) -- no backups! ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

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Andy Lennard — Thu, 25 May 2000 12:29:41 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Does anyone have a method of 'protecting' their raw partitions against this? In article <8gisrr$10h$1@news.xmission.com>, Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> writes > >From: Paul Watson <paulw@wfsoftware.com> >> >>Oh I know one or two Sys Admins who've mkfs'd a raw partition thinking >>it's not in use, not so bad if its a normal data dbspace but if its >>rootdbs then ... > >OK, I can play this game too: I was off site one day when I got a phone call >from the client. Their auditors had come in to inspect their new computer, >and they wanted to see all the disk on the system. So instead of doing an >ioscan or whatever, the engineer they called in had formatted (biff) mkfs'ed >(bang) and mounted (wallop) the Informix partitions and (this is the good >bit) -- no backups! >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > Andrew Lennard andy@kontron.demon.co.uk

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Art S. Kagel — Thu, 25 May 2000 10:35:29 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Besides the read-only switch/jumper? No. Art S. Kagel Andy Lennard wrote: > > Does anyone have a method of 'protecting' their raw partitions against > this? > > In article <8gisrr$10h$1@news.xmission.com>, Obnoxio The Clown > <obnoxio@hotmail.com> writes > > > >From: Paul Watson <paulw@wfsoftware.com> > >> > >>Oh I know one or two Sys Admins who've mkfs'd a raw partition thinking > >>it's not in use, not so bad if its a normal data dbspace but if its > >>rootdbs then ... > > > >OK, I can play this game too: I was off site one day when I got a phone call > >from the client. Their auditors had come in to inspect their new computer, > >and they wanted to see all the disk on the system. So instead of doing an > >ioscan or whatever, the engineer they called in had formatted (biff) mkfs'ed > >(bang) and mounted (wallop) the Informix partitions and (this is the good > >bit) -- no backups! > >________________________________________________________________________ > >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > Andrew Lennard andy@kontron.demon.co.uk

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