Re: [PATCH] private mounts

From: Trond Myklebust
Date: Wed Apr 27 2005 - 18:23:44 EST


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

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Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx>

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