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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] implement uid mount option for ext2 and ext3
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:07:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090730090659.GC1364@ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200907241223.58220.ludwig.nussel@suse.de>

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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  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-02 12:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-23 11:36 [PATCH 0/2] implement uid mount option for ext2 and ext3 Ludwig Nussel
2009-07-23 11:36 ` [PATCH 1/2] implement uid mount option for ext2 Ludwig Nussel
2009-07-23 11:36   ` [PATCH 2/2] implement uid mount option for ext3 Ludwig Nussel
2009-07-23 14:37 ` [PATCH 0/2] implement uid mount option for ext2 and ext3 Randy Dunlap
2009-07-23 21:23 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2009-07-24 10:23   ` Ludwig Nussel
2009-07-30  9:07     ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2009-07-24 10:30 ` [PATCH 0/2] implement uid mount option for ext2 and ext3, try 2 Ludwig Nussel
2009-07-24 10:30   ` [PATCH 1/2] implement uid mount option for ext2 Ludwig Nussel
2009-07-24 10:30     ` [PATCH 2/2] implement uid mount option for ext3 Ludwig Nussel
2009-07-24 16:52     ` [PATCH 1/2] implement uid mount option for ext2 Andreas Dilger
2009-07-24 18:58       ` John Stoffel
2009-07-24 23:16         ` Jamie Lokier
2009-07-27 14:56           ` John Stoffel
2009-07-25 15:44       ` Ludwig Nussel
2009-07-27 19:14         ` Andreas Dilger
2009-07-28  7:50           ` Ludwig Nussel
2009-07-28 11:01 ` [PATCH 0/2] implement uid mount option for ext2 and ext3, try 3 Ludwig Nussel
2009-07-28 11:01   ` [PATCH 1/2] implement uid and gid mount options for ext2 Ludwig Nussel
2009-07-28 11:01     ` [PATCH 2/2] implement uid and gid mount options for ext3 Ludwig Nussel
2009-07-28 18:11   ` [PATCH 0/2] implement uid mount option for ext2 and ext3, try 3 Andreas Dilger

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