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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/3] implement uid and gid mount options for ext2
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:

>> +uid=n[:m] Make all files appear to belong to uid n.
>> + Useful for e.g. removable media with fstab
>> + options 'user,uid=useruid'. The optional second
>> + uid m is actually written to the file system.
>
> So what happens if I insert a USB key containing a device node to the
> hard disk ? Why is this functionality useful in the current form ?
>
> (ie I think you need an actual rational security model first)

> Also why is this at the per fs level duplicating stuff each time rather
> than at the vfs level - this seems to be vfs level functionality.

Even more fun there is essentially a generic implementation in the user
namespaces. What needs to be implemented to support this is support for
mounting in a non-default user namespace, and then all of the mapping
functionality is generic. Which I presume will imply MS_NODEV.

Eric


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