From: bfields@fieldses.org (J. Bruce Fields)
To: Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Cc: "Dorian Taylor (Lists)" <lists@doriantaylor.com>,
Linux NFS Mailing List <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: GSSAPI as it relates to NFS
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2022 16:32:29 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220103213229.GL21514@fieldses.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9DA49FE9-F4AF-44CC-8BCF-86F4D2D984AA@oracle.com>
On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 10:53:33PM +0000, Chuck Lever III wrote:
> IIRC Linux requires that a mount operation be done by root. If you run
> gssd with "-n", become root, then kinit as yourself, I think it should
> work.
>
> There has been some discussion about enabling a non-privileged user to
> perform a mount... it's a bit tricky because the function of mount is
> to alter the file namespace, which traditionally requires extra
> privilege to do.
The core VFS code is quite happy to allow you to make unprivileged
mounts in your own namespace, but the particular filesystem being
mounted also gets a veto.
I think we're expecting NFS will be patched to allow unprivileged mounts
some time. See e.g.
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/aec219339d8296b7e9b114d9d247a71fd47423c5.camel@hammerspace.com/
--b.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-01-03 21:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-23 22:27 GSSAPI as it relates to NFS Dorian Taylor
2021-12-24 17:28 ` Chuck Lever III
2021-12-24 19:15 ` Dorian Taylor (Lists)
2021-12-25 22:53 ` Chuck Lever III
2021-12-26 18:34 ` Dorian Taylor (Lists)
2022-01-03 21:32 ` J. Bruce Fields [this message]
2022-01-03 21:45 ` Trond Myklebust
2022-01-03 21:58 ` bfields
2022-01-03 22:28 ` Trond Myklebust
2022-01-06 13:44 ` Dorian Taylor (Lists)
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