Re: [patch 7/8] allow unprivileged mounts

Andrew Morton
2007-04-21T07:56:46Z

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?