From: Christoph Hellwig <hch-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Karel Zak <kzak-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos-sUDqSbJrdHQHWmgEVkV9KA@public.gmane.org>,
util-linux-ng-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] obsoleting /etc/mtab
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 09:49:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070601084905.GA1959@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070601083309.GK5473-CxBs/XhZ2BtHjqfyn1fVYA@public.gmane.org>
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 10:33:09AM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> The core of the problem is that HAL doesn't have entries in
> /etc/fstab, so you cannot check for "user=" and "users=" by
> umount(8). The HAL have enough information about user's privileges,
> but the umount(8) knows nothing.
Please don't put this in. The last thing we need is more ugly hacks
and suid mess in the mount code. Miklos is working towards proper
non-privilegued mounts and you should better support him there.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-01 8:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-31 16:29 [RFC] obsoleting /etc/mtab Miklos Szeredi
[not found] ` <E1HtnWS-0007UV-00-VFwzv6uONVrxNFs70CDYszOMxtEWgIxa@public.gmane.org>
2007-05-31 16:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-31 16:59 ` Miklos Szeredi
[not found] ` <465EFA91.6070705-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2007-05-31 23:04 ` Karel Zak
2007-05-31 23:30 ` Trond Myklebust
[not found] ` <1180654235.7084.32.camel-rJ7iovZKK19ZJLDQqaL3InhyD016LWXt@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-01 0:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <465F643C.7090008-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-01 4:30 ` Andreas Dilger
2007-06-01 7:35 ` Karel Zak
[not found] ` <20070601073516.GJ5473-CxBs/XhZ2BtHjqfyn1fVYA@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-02 16:44 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-05-31 23:47 ` David Chinner
2007-05-31 22:44 ` Karel Zak
2007-06-01 7:03 ` Miklos Szeredi
[not found] ` <E1Hu1Ak-0000yV-00-VFwzv6uONVrxNFs70CDYszOMxtEWgIxa@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-01 8:33 ` Karel Zak
[not found] ` <20070601083309.GK5473-CxBs/XhZ2BtHjqfyn1fVYA@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-01 8:49 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
[not found] ` <20070601084905.GA1959-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-01 9:44 ` Karel Zak
2007-06-01 9:53 ` Miklos Szeredi
[not found] ` <E1Hu3on-0001HT-00-VFwzv6uONVrxNFs70CDYszOMxtEWgIxa@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-01 10:50 ` Karel Zak
[not found] ` <20070531224443.GH5473-CxBs/XhZ2BtHjqfyn1fVYA@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-01 8:36 ` Matthias Koenig
2007-06-02 13:15 ` Roman Zippel
2007-06-06 15:35 ` Ian Kent
2007-06-03 15:42 ` James Cloos
[not found] ` <m3myzh11t2.fsf-eUECQUGGJJCHAtaq1fIXeWD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-03 16:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <4662ED39.4060107-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-03 19:38 ` James Cloos
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