Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756076AbXICNU2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:20:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753090AbXICNUV (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:20:21 -0400 Received: from unthought.net ([212.97.129.88]:54781 "EHLO unthought.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753279AbXICNUU (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:20:20 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 15:20:19 +0200 From: Jakob Oestergaard To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Trond Myklebust , Frank van Maarseveen , Hua Zhong , "'Linux Kernel Mailing List'" , akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: recent nfs change causes autofs regression Message-ID: <20070903132019.GC21977@unthought.net> Mail-Followup-To: Jakob Oestergaard , Linus Torvalds , Trond Myklebust , Frank van Maarseveen , Hua Zhong , 'Linux Kernel Mailing List' , akpm@linux-foundation.org References: <1188513433.6626.24.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <1188535485.6626.85.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <1188536658.6626.98.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org> <20070831074028.GR21979@unthought.net> <20070831085157.GS21979@unthought.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 936 Lines: 30 On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 09:43:29AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: ... > This is *not* a security hole. In order to make it a security hole, you > need to be root in the first place. Non-root users can write to places where root might believe they cannot write because he might be under the mistaken assumption that ro means ro. I am under the impression that that could have implications in some setups. ... > > - it's a misfeature that people are used to, and has been around forever. Sure, they're used it it, but I doubt they are aware of it. ... > so I really don't see why people excuse the new behaviour. We can certainly agree that a nicer fix would be nicer :) -- / jakob - 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/