Rolf, ltspfs is userspace, using FUSE.
Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eilert wrote: > Hi everyone, > > An interesting debate about security when auto-mounting USB sticks has > developed on my LUG mailing list. > > Someone asked how to create an automount system on his Linux, and one of > the gurus asked back if he really wanted to take THAT RISK... His point > is that via corrupted file systems, viruses or just crashes might come > directly into the kernel (mounting is in kernelspace). So he advised to > manually mount the devices via mtools or something else just happening > in userspace. > > My idea was to use this automounting mechanism in LTSP to enable the > students to use their USB sticks here, but now I'm wondering if it's > secure enough to really dare that :-) > > Thanks for all hints. > > Rolf > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
