Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262266AbVDLRIQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:08:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262506AbVDLRIG (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:08:06 -0400 Received: from mail.shareable.org ([81.29.64.88]:25760 "EHLO mail.shareable.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262266AbVDLQoO (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:44:14 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:44:01 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier To: Miklos Szeredi Cc: 7eggert@gmx.de, 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: <20050412164401.GA14149@mail.shareable.org> References: <3S8oN-So-23@gated-at.bofh.it> <3S8oN-So-25@gated-at.bofh.it> <3S8oN-So-27@gated-at.bofh.it> <3S8oM-So-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <3SbPN-3T4-19@gated-at.bofh.it> <20050412144529.GE10995@mail.shareable.org> <20050412160409.GH10995@mail.shareable.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: 990 Lines: 24 Miklos Szeredi wrote: > The same can be true for tarfs. I mount it for my purpose, others can > mount it for theirs. Since the daemon providing the filesystem asways > runs with the same capabilities as the user who did the mount, I and > others will always get the permissions that we have on the actual tar > file. Fair enough. > Think of the "no permission for others" as "hiding", not as some > special permission rule. And if this hiding can be nicely done with > namespaces, all the better, I'll happily drop this feature at that > instant. Indeed, if it can be done with namespaces _and_ mounting on a file (that file-as-directory concept), _and_ automounting, then you could cd into your tgz files and others could too :) -- 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/