From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karel Zak Subject: Re: [PATCH] unrestricted_chown : userspace part Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 11:56:07 +0100 Message-ID: <20081209105607.GF15416@nb.net.home> References: <20081209043252.GB31729@niraj-laptop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Niraj Kumar , util-linux-ng-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org, nick.couchman-nV4p5R2ZCaoAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org To: James Youngman Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: util-linux-ng-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 09:36:54AM +0000, James Youngman wrote: > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 4:32 AM, Niraj Kumar wrote: > > > > > > Unrestricted chown: Userspace patch for mount program > > > > This patch adds "unrestricted_chown" option to > > mount program. This option is used to disable > > the Posix _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED chown option on a given > > filesystem which forbids non-privilegued users to give away files. > > The name [no]restrict_chown would be more in keeping with the names of > the existing mount options. Failing that perhaps chown=restricted. Yeah, the proposed name "unrestricted_chown" is ugly and terribly long. Karel -- Karel Zak -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux-ng" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html