Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RCF] [PATCH] unprivileged mount/umount | From | Miklos Szeredi <> | Date | Wed, 04 May 2005 16:34:03 +0200 |
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> > This (lightly tested) patch against 2.6.12-rc* adds some > > infrastructure and basic functionality for unprivileged mount/umount > > system calls. > > most of this unprivileged mount policy can be handled by a suid > userspace helper (e.g. pmount)
Yes. This patch was created because certain people (including myself to some extent) don't like that approach.
> what are the pros/cons of handling that in the kernel?
pro:
- mount would still work in "suidless" private namespace
con:
- kernel bloat
I'm sure there are others, they just elude me for the moment :)
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