Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 01:27:21 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: bde@zeta.org.au, wollman@lcs.mit.edu Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unionfs Message-ID: <199605201527.BAA26678@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>I think that this may be another service which doesn't want to be >available as an LKM. (IPFW is another, but for rather different >reasons.) When the new code is integrated, mount_union will not be >able to modload the unionfs module unless it is run by root, which >rather defeats the purpose of allowing ordinary users to mount >unionfs:es in the first place. It should be possible for anyone to ask a trusted server to load trusted LKMs. However, LKMs can't be loaded if securelevel > 0, so it is best not to depend on loading them on demand. Bruce
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