Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 07:51:07 +0200 From: Alex Dupre <ale@FreeBSD.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: Adding a ``user'' mount option Message-ID: <4430B7CB.60001@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1144042356.824.16.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <1144042356.824.16.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > I know we have vfs.usermount, but this is not always sufficient since > the user has to own the mount point in question. What I propose is to > add a ``user'' mount option à la Linux. This would make mount and > umount setuid root, but would allow much more flexibility when it comes > to removable media and desktop systems. I can't speak about security implications or your implementation, but this is surely a long awaited and wished feature for desktop users. Adding dozens of entries in devfs.conf and creating user owned mount points is not very pratical. -- Alex Dupre
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