Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 00:25:01 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mountd(8) leaving filesystems exported Message-ID: <20011215002501.B27029@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <3C1AEB07.5FE66AD7@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 10:17:43PM -0800 References: <200112150034.aa63895@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> <3C1AEB07.5FE66AD7@mindspring.com>
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On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 10:17:43PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > The problem is that the exported FSs exports are managed in the > per FS mount code, and they really ought to be managed in higher > level code (above the VFS layer, but still in the kernel). > > This is incidently what prevents us from having a SunOS-like And why we cannot export to parallel directories of a file system. This limitation is actually a security concern as one ends up exporting the parent and thus exposes more of the filesystem across the network. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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