On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Michael Richardson wrote:

>   no_root_squash allows root to read/write. Since the kernel needs to read
> the root partition, and needs to use swap, and it does it as uid=0, you need
> no_root_squash.
>   The other file systems do not need root write permissions, so why be more
> permissive than necessary. 

Why not?  What happens if I want to install something in /usr/local?  Then
I would need root write permissions on the /usr filesystem, right?

>     fission> 2) Instead of having four separate mount points, why not just put
>     fission> everything on root?  I mean, chances are they're all going to be on the
>     fission> same filesystem on the host, right?
>    
>   Yes, they could, but by listing all them one gurantees that it will work
> even if someone doesn't put them on the same file system.

Fair enough. :)

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