On 02/08/2007 03:38:39 PM, rjamya wrote: > So, > > You can make sure that > 1. any normal user can't get to the raw (or cooked) datafiles. > 2. They don't have access to 'dd' command > Actually, normal users do have access to dd command: $ ls -l /bin/dd -rwxr-xr-x 1 0 46968 Jan 23 08:56 /bin/dd $ ls -ld /bin drwxr-xr-x 2 0 4096 Feb 8 00:19 /bin $ uname -a|perl -pe 's/Linux/Windows/;' Windows medo.noip.com 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 #1 SMP Wed Jan 10 19:28:18 EST 2007 i686 -- Mladen Gogala http://www.mladen-gogala.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l