Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 00:30:15 +0800 From: adrian@freebsd.org To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: "Andrew J. Korty" <ajk@purdue.edu>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [mount.c]: Option "user"-patch Message-ID: <19990901003014.A1215@ewok.creative.net.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908311118140.340-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>; from Doug Rabson on Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 11:21:00AM %2B0100 References: <199908301502.KAA80087@galileo.physics.purdue.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908311118140.340-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
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On Tue, Aug 31, 1999, Doug Rabson wrote: > On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Andrew J. Korty wrote: > > > > I suppose there already was a rather lengthy discussion about a "user"-option > > > . > > > I hope this sysctl-thing will make it into the mount-manpage, because if not, > > > it might turn out to be a really FAQ :) > > > -- > > > Volker Stolz * stolz@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de * PGP > > > > I provided a solution via send-pr (bin/11031) over four months ago, > > which is, in my opinion, superior in many ways to this sysctl > > approach. The patch contains an amendment to the mount(1) manual > > page. > > I have not reviewed this pr myself but it seems like a well thought out > change to the system. Would the people who are involved with the current > (more limited) proposed change like to review this and possibly use it > instead. I don't want to lose anyones work here if it could be useful. You realise that this kind of stuff can be done in kernelspace, without needing yet another setuid binary/binaries.. http://www.freebsd.org/~adrian/usermount/ Read the README, I wrote this in a hurry, and its more a proof of concept things more than anything else.. Comments welcome. Adrian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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