Re: FUSE merging? (2)

2005-07-04 Thread Ragnar Kjørstad
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

Re: FUSE merging? (2)

2005-07-04 Thread Miklos Szeredi
> > 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

Re: FUSE merging? (2)

2005-07-04 Thread Bodo Eggert
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

Re: FUSE merging? (2)

2005-07-04 Thread Frank van Maarseveen
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

Re: FUSE merging? (2)

2005-07-04 Thread Miklos Szeredi
> "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

Re: FUSE merging? (2)

2005-07-04 Thread Frank van Maarseveen
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

Re: FUSE merging? (2)

2005-07-04 Thread Miklos Szeredi
> 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