Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Jun 2005 17:08:39 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: -mm -> 2.6.13 merge status (fuse) |
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Hi!
> > > An emotional argument again. What's "strange" about it? > > > > Not so emotional argument... > > > > System where users can mount their own filesystems should not be > > called "Unix" any more. It introduces new mechanism, similar to > > ptrace. > > I think that's a rather severe statement. I don't see allowing user > mounts damaging standard UNIX system semantics as long as certain > rules are followed. After all, user-mounts and private name spaces > are what the original authors of UNIX went on to develop.
Well, but notice how it is called "Plan 9", not "Unix" :-). The "certain rules" are rather tricky to enforce... btw any ideas how Plan 9 solves problems around user-mounts? Does it allow it at all?
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