Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261892AbVD0SM2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:12:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261914AbVD0SKO (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:10:14 -0400 Received: from rev.193.226.232.93.euroweb.hu ([193.226.232.93]:39845 "EHLO dorka.pomaz.szeredi.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261927AbVD0SJr (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:09:47 -0400 To: linuxram@us.ibm.com CC: lmb@suse.de, mj@ucw.cz, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-reply-to: <1114624541.4480.187.camel@localhost> (message from Ram on Wed, 27 Apr 2005 10:55:41 -0700) Subject: Re: [PATCH] private mounts References: <20050426094727.GA30379@infradead.org> <20050426131943.GC2226@openzaurus.ucw.cz> <20050426201411.GA20109@elf.ucw.cz> <20050427092450.GB1819@elf.ucw.cz> <20050427143126.GB1957@mail.shareable.org> <20050427153320.GA19065@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> <20050427155022.GR4431@marowsky-bree.de> <1114623598.4480.181.camel@localhost> <1114624541.4480.187.camel@localhost> Message-Id: From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:09:30 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 663 Lines: 19 > eg: > > user 1 does a invisible mount on /mnt/mnt1 > root does a visible mount on /mnt/mnt1 > > user 1 will no longer be able to access his /mnt/mnt1 > > in fact even if root mounts something on /mnt, the problem still exists. This is not something specific to FUSE. Root can overmount any of your directories after which you won't be able to access it (unless some of your processes have a CWD there). Miklos - 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/