From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miklos Szeredi Subject: Re: [PATCH] private mounts Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 22:59:46 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20050424201820.GA28428@infradead.org> <20050424205422.GK13052@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Cc: hch@infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org Return-path: Received: from rev.193.226.232.93.euroweb.hu ([193.226.232.93]:40857 "EHLO dorka.pomaz.szeredi.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262419AbVDXVAF (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 Apr 2005 17:00:05 -0400 To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk In-reply-to: <20050424205422.GK13052@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (message from Al Viro on Sun, 24 Apr 2005 21:54:22 +0100) Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org > > Also mentioned in that thread quite a few times is the fact the the > > clone() and unshare() modell does not solve people's requirements. > > Could we please get of references to requirements without a rationale? > There's quite enough of that from Carrion-Grade Linux crowd, TYVM. The rationale has been explained in that thread. E.g. this quote from Jamie Lokier in an answer to you: > I believe the point is: > > 1. Person is logged from client Y to server X, and mounts something on > $HOME/mnt/private (that's on X). > > 2. On client Y, person does "scp X:mnt/private/secrets.txt ." > and wants it to work. > > The second operation is a separate login to the first. Solution? Thanks, Miklos