From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from qmta15.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.59.228]:47302 "EHLO qmta15.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751388AbaEBWWB (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 May 2014 18:22:01 -0400 Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 18:21:51 -0400 Message-Id: <201405022221.s42MLpT4015462@hobgoblin.ariadne.com> From: worley@alum.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley) To: Andy Lutomirski CC: util-linux@vger.kernel.org In-reply-to: (luto@amacapital.net) Subject: Re: getting rid of "mount: only root can ..." References: Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > From: Andy Lutomirski > > This isn't really true any more. Can we get rid of those checks or at > least have an option to turn them off? My understanding is that whether the user has to be root when running mount depends on the "user" and "users" options in fstab. I assume that "those checks" haven't changed recently because the required behavior hasn't changed recently. Dale