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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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