Re: [RCF] [PATCH] unprivileged mount/umount

[Bodo Eggert]

On Wed, 11 May 2005 serue@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Quoting Miklos Szeredi (miklos@xxxxxxxxxx):

> > > > > How about a new clone option "CLONE_NOSUID"?
> > > > 
> > > > IMO, the clone call ist the wrong place to create namespaces. It should be
> > > > deprecated by a mkdir/chdir-like interface.
> > > 
> > > And the mkdir/chdir interface already exists, see "cd /proc/NNN/root".
> > 
> > That's the chdir part.
> > 
> > The mkdir part is clone() or unshare().
> 
> Right, sys_unshare(), as per Janak's patch.  Does it lack anything which
> you would need?

e.g.

create_persistent_namespace(char* name)
destroy_persistent_namespace(char* name)
list_persistent_namespaces(char * prefix, uint flags)
# flags & 1: 1=list all namespaces minus prefix
#            0=trim names at the first slash after stripping prefix

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