Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262394AbVDLOlC (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:41:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262384AbVDLOhN (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:37:13 -0400 Received: from mail.shareable.org ([81.29.64.88]:10144 "EHLO mail.shareable.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262260AbVDLOdA (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:33:00 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:32:37 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier To: Miklos Szeredi Cc: dan@debian.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hch@infradead.org, akpm@osdl.org, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk Subject: Re: [RFC] FUSE permission modell (Was: fuse review bits) Message-ID: <20050412143237.GB10995@mail.shareable.org> References: <20050411114728.GA13128@infradead.org> <20050411153619.GA25987@nevyn.them.org> <20050411181717.GA1129@nevyn.them.org> <20050411192223.GA3707@nevyn.them.org> <20050411221324.GA10541@nevyn.them.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 861 Lines: 20 Miklos Szeredi wrote: > The same is true for the case when you mount an sshfs. Since you > entered your password (or have a passwordless login to the server) you > are authorized to browse the files on the server, but only with the > capabilities you have there as a user. The server does the > authorization. The same is true for an NFS mount btw. It's not the > client that checks the permissions. > > So do you see why I argue in favor of having an option _not_ to check > permissions on the client by the kernel? Note that NFS checks the permissions on _both_ the client and server, for a reason. -- Jamie - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/