* Ian Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [03/05/06 20:45]:
> On Wed, 3 May 2006, Moshe Kaminsky wrote:
>
> > * Ian Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [03/05/06 18:00]:
> > > On Wed, 3 May 2006, Moshe Kaminsky wrote:
> > > > Another question I have: I once asked if it's possible to run the
> > > > actual mount command as the user trying to read the directory,
> > > > instead of root. I was told that this is impossible in version 4.
> > > > Will it be possible now?
> > >
> > > Do you have a mount that will work for a user?
> > >
> > > You can use the $USER substitution variable now to mount with a
> > > "user=${USER}" option or $UID and $GID with "uid=${UID}" and "gid=${GID}"
> > > in your map. Will that help?
> > >
> >
> > I don't think so. What I have in mind is that a user will be able to
> > automount his home directory on a remote machine using sshfs. For this,
> > that user has to actually run the mount command, so that his ~/.ssh is
> > used.
>
> The problem here is that mount(8) will only allow the "user" option if
> an entry is present in the fstab which defeats the purpose of using
> autofs.Funny. It appears that you're right. I'm sure it used to work, though (maybe something changed in the kernel?) Thanks, Moshe
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