Subject: Re: Mount permissions
To: Julian Assange <proff@iq.org>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@jocelyn.rhein.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/26/2000 20:37:35
On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 07:35:35PM +1100, Julian Assange wrote:
> Ian Dall <ian@beware.dropbear.id.au> writes:
>
> > Mount(2) is currently restricted to root or the owner of the mount
> > point. I think it would be helpful if it were root or anyone with
> > write and search access to the mount point.
>
> There goes /tmp.
Yes. Even read/write/execute access wouldn't help.
"Maybe we need something like access control lists, with explicit mount
permissions").
Or tell the sysadmin to set up the automounter.
Regards,
-is