> > I don't think automounters suffice for all of this --- and automounters
> > are arguably overkill for this sort of thing, anyway. Is there a way to
> > say that, if some processes' namespaces are clone/separated from all the
> > others?
>
> In principle, yes. At least if you give root a way to access others' mount
> IDs (sorry, long story).
That's probably what I was aiming at; a scheme to allow root to retain
effectively godly privileges despite a myriad varying namespaces...
> BTW, automounter can be done seriously lighter -
> search for "mount-traps" on fsdevel.
I can pretty much guess what they are from the name :) but I'l look.
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