Re: mount user option

[David Rhodus <drhodus@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at 09:09 AM, ibotty wrote:

> this patch allows mount(8) to handle a 'user' option in fstab(5), as in
> linux.
>
> advantages:
>  - user do not need to be able to write to the device to mount it.
>  - no need for the vfs.usermount sysctl(8)
>
> the attached patch has some drawbacks:
>  1) /sbin/mount needs to be suid root.
>  2) it byepasses vfs.usermount security checks.
>  3) a user currently cannot umount the filesystem ;-p
These drawbacks listed are considerable. I think there will be a better
approach in a few weeks as work on the VFS subsystem finishes up.
With that noted the three drawbacks listed are very severe.

-DR