Re: [PATCH] private mounts

[Andrew Morton]

Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > > define "mount owner".  Right now mount requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN which means
>  > > > fairly privilegued.
>  > > 
>  > > FUSE uses a suid root helper (as explained below).  Please read the
>  > > whole mail.
>  > 
>  > In that case you're totally out of luck.  This is not a setup we want to
>  > account for.
> 
>  Christoph, you are being thickheaded,

Not as thick as mine!  Could someone please explain in small words what's
wrong with an suid mount helper?
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