From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 31 3:22:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from herring.nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C13814E66 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 03:22:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from salmon.nlsystems.com (salmon.nlsystems.com [10.0.0.3]) by herring.nlsystems.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA35160; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:21:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:21:00 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson To: "Andrew J. Korty" Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [mount.c]: Option "user"-patch In-Reply-To: <199908301502.KAA80087@galileo.physics.purdue.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Andrew J. Korty wrote: > > I suppose there already was a rather lengthy discussion about a "user"-option > > . > > I hope this sysctl-thing will make it into the mount-manpage, because if not, > > it might turn out to be a really FAQ :) > > -- > > Volker Stolz * stolz@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de * PGP > > I provided a solution via send-pr (bin/11031) over four months ago, > which is, in my opinion, superior in many ways to this sysctl > approach. The patch contains an amendment to the mount(1) manual > page. I have not reviewed this pr myself but it seems like a well thought out change to the system. Would the people who are involved with the current (more limited) proposed change like to review this and possibly use it instead. I don't want to lose anyones work here if it could be useful. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message