Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:36:19 -0400 | From | Daniel Jacobowitz <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] FUSE permission modell (Was: fuse review bits) |
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On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 04:43:32PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > 3) No other user should have access to files under the mount, not > even root[5]
> [5] Obviously root cannot be restricted, but accidental access to > private data is still a good idea. E.g. root squashing by NFS servers > has a similar affect.
Could you explain a little more? I don't see the point in denying access to root, but I also can't tell from your explanation whether you do or not.
If I mount a filesystem using ssh, I want to be able to "sudo cp foo.txt /etc" and not get an inexplicable permissions error.
I don't really see the point of this restriction, anyway. Could you explain why this shouldn't be a matter of policy, and kept out of the kernel? Have the userspace file servers default to putting restrictive permissions on mounts unless requested otherwise.
I can think of plenty of uses for this.
> 4) Access should not be further restricted for the owner of the > mount, even if permission bits, uid or gid would suggest > otherwise
Similar questions.
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