Re: A file-based interface for mount

[Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>]

Grant Miner wrote:

> Would it make sense to use a file interface in the file system to 
> control mounting?  Have a file that exists per-directory named ..mount 
> (or something).  Then, to mount /dev/sda on /home, echo "/dev/sda rw" 
> > /home/..mount
> To unmount the file system, remove the line from the ..mounts file.  
> You could also do plan 9 layered mounts (with priorities) by putting 2 
> or more lines in that file.  The advantage is you could set access 
> controls on each file to easily let non-root users perform mount at 
> certain directories, and you don't need the mount and unmount commands 
> anymore.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
>
Cool.  Probably not hard to write.  Can I get you to write it for 
Reiser4?  If so, we can discuss details (I will be delayed for a week in 
answering though due to traveling.)

-- 
Hans