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DateMon, 11 Apr 2005 14:27:25 -0400
FromDaniel Jacobowitz <>
SubjectRe: [RFC] FUSE permission modell (Was: fuse review bits)
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 07:22:57PM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> >   1) Only allow mount over a directory for which the user has write
> >      access (and is not sticky)
> 
> Seems good - but why not sticky?  Mounting a user filesystem in
> /tmp/user-xxx/my-mount-point seems not unreasonable - provided the
> administrator can delete the directory (which is possible with
> detachable mount points).

Because then they could mount over /tmp.  "and (is not sticky || is
owned by the user)" may be more appropriate.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC
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