Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262690AbVDYQkQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:40:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262670AbVDYQiT (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:38:19 -0400 Received: from hockin.org ([66.35.79.110]:43940 "EHLO www.hockin.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262660AbVDYQhh (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:37:37 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:37:29 -0700 From: Tim Hockin To: Olivier Galibert , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] private mounts Message-ID: <20050425163729.GA26142@hockin.org> References: <20050424201820.GA28428@infradead.org> <20050424205422.GK13052@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20050424210616.GM13052@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20050424211942.GN13052@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20050425094804.GA33040@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050425094804.GA33040@dspnet.fr.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 816 Lines: 17 On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 11:48:04AM +0200, Olivier Galibert wrote: > Is there a possibility for a process to change its namespace to > another existing one? That would be needed to have a per-user > namespace you go to from rc files or pam. I haven't looked at this in about a year, but as of a year ago, no. Namespaces are/were second-class objects that exist only as referenced by tasks. I played with implementing a newns PAM module. It worked, but was full of holes. I started writing a paper on it, but never got around to finishing it, for various reasons. Tim - 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/