Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:07:28 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/2] implement uid mount option for ext2 and ext3 |
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Hi!
> > Hint: This *same exact* problem has been an issue for NFS for at least 25 > > years. Might want to think about (a) why Yellow Pages (and later LDAP) was > > developed, and (b) why NFS "root squash" traditionally maps to "nobody" rather > > than a usable UID. > > I don't see how that helps us here. Sure, a uid != 0 could be used > for the mapping but which one? The uid of user 'nobody' is not the > same across distros.
So just use -1 ? Having it map to root is dangerous AFAICT. Pavel
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