Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262096AbVD0XWV (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:22:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262094AbVD0XWV (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:22:21 -0400 Received: from pat.uio.no ([129.240.130.16]:42138 "EHLO pat.uio.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262093AbVD0XWP (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:22:15 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] private mounts From: Trond Myklebust To: Pavel Machek Cc: Miklos Szeredi , bulb@ucw.cz, hch@infradead.org, jamie@shareable.org, linuxram@us.ibm.com, 7eggert@gmx.de, Alexander Viro , Linux Filesystem Development , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <20050427145842.GD28119@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20050426131943.GC2226@openzaurus.ucw.cz> <20050426201411.GA20109@elf.ucw.cz> <20050427092450.GB1819@elf.ucw.cz> <20050427115754.GA8981@vagabond> <20050427123944.GA11020@vagabond> <20050427145842.GD28119@elf.ucw.cz> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:21:56 -0400 Message-Id: <1114644116.9947.14.camel@lade.trondhjem.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-UiO-Spam-info: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.864, required 12, autolearn=disabled, AWL 1.14, UIO_MAIL_IS_INTERNAL -5.00) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 841 Lines: 27 on den 27.04.2005 Klokka 16:58 (+0200) skreiv Pavel Machek: > > > > And b) is _the_ most important feature IMO, so the argument for > > stripping it out has to be very good. > > Well, you'll have problems with suid programs suddenly not being able > to access files. nfs gets away with it, but nfs is perceived as > "broken" anyway... Really? The NFS security model is based on the principle that the administrator of the SERVER can override access permissions on his/her hardware. Pray tell why you think that is "broken"? Cheers, Trond -- Trond Myklebust - 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/