Re: [RFC] FUSE permission modell (Was: fuse review bits)

From: Miklos Szeredi
Date: Tue Apr 12 2005 - 11:12:46 EST


> For 1) your porposal makes sense, however for 2) it's useless, since
> now the user doesn't want the hiding.

I realize that the idea _could_ be used to drop 'allow_root' mount
option from the kernel. Since 'allow_root' doesn't add any security
over 'allow_other' it's safe to do it in userspace.

Goodie :)

Thanks,
Miklos



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