On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 03:17:35PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > > I see your point. But then this is really not a security issue, but
> > > an "are you sure you want to format C:" style protection for the
> > > user's own sake. Adding a mount option (checked by the library) for
> > > this wou
> > I see your point. But then this is really not a security issue, but
> > an "are you sure you want to format C:" style protection for the
> > user's own sake. Adding a mount option (checked by the library) for
> > this would be fine. E.g. with "mount_nonempty" it would not refuse to
> > mount
Miklos Szeredi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I see your point. But then this is really not a security issue, but
> an "are you sure you want to format C:" style protection for the
> user's own sake. Adding a mount option (checked by the library) for
> this would be fine. E.g. with "mount_nonempt
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 12:27:13PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> E.g. with "mount_nonempty" it would not refuse to
> mount on a non-leaf dir, and README would document, that using this
> option might cause trouble. Otherwise the mount would be refused with
> a reference to the above option.
that
> "solving it properly" refers to hardening the leaf node constraint
> against circumvention I assume. Suppose there's a script for doing simple
> on-line backups using "find". Now explain to the user why he lost his
> data due to a backup script geting EACCES on a non-leaf FUSE mount.
I see your
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 10:56:30AM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> > It is important because on UNIX, "root" rules on local filesystems.
> > I dont't like the idea of root not being able to run "find -xdev"
> > anymore for administrative tasks, just because something got hidden
> > by accident or ju
> It is important because on UNIX, "root" rules on local filesystems.
> I dont't like the idea of root not being able to run "find -xdev"
> anymore for administrative tasks, just because something got hidden
> by accident or just for fun by a user. It's not about malicious
> users who want to hide
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