From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 3 05:32:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EB7516A401 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 05:32:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@FreeBSD.org) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (creme-brulee.marcuscom.com [24.172.16.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C80E843D46 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 05:32:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcus@FreeBSD.org) Received: from shumai.marcuscom.com (shumai.marcuscom.com [192.168.1.4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k335WcXC011651 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2006 01:32:38 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@FreeBSD.org) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-SPFwDdLyHN5Pj42VfJvO" Organization: FreeBSD, Inc. Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 01:32:36 -0400 Message-Id: <1144042356.824.16.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: Subject: RFC: Adding a ``user'' mount option X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:32:38 -0000 --=-SPFwDdLyHN5Pj42VfJvO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 =E0 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'm not a src committer, so this isn't a threat to commit. I'm more interested in getting feedback, and hopefully some src committer interest. I think this would really benefit desktop FreeBSD. http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/usermount.diff Joe --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-SPFwDdLyHN5Pj42VfJvO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEMLN0b2iPiv4Uz4cRAnwHAJ9kyfUvJazsVtcWTUBXhsGXJsGbAACcDi5/ iZX3aMmN/afmJL0SvDfZ+GQ= =WrKx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-SPFwDdLyHN5Pj42VfJvO--