Re: [patch 7/8] allow unprivileged mounts

Miklos Szeredi
2007-04-21T08:15:35Z

> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:25:39 +0200 Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> wrote:
>
> > Define a new fs flag FS_SAFE, which denotes, that unprivileged
> > mounting of this filesystem may not constitute a security problem.
> >
> > Since most filesystems haven't been designed with unprivileged
> > mounting in mind, a thorough audit is needed before setting this flag.
>
> Practically speaking, is there any realistic likelihood that any filesystem
> apart from FUSE will ever use this?

V9FS people did express an interest in this. Yeah, I should've CC-ed
them, but forgot. Sorry.

Miklos