From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from imap.thunk.org ([74.207.234.97]:52188 "EHLO imap.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966099AbeEXVqX (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 May 2018 17:46:23 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 17:46:17 -0400 From: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" To: "Eric W. Biederman" Cc: Linux Containers , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Seth Forshee , "Serge E. Hallyn" , Christian Brauner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [REVIEW][PATCH 0/6] Wrapping up the vfs support for unprivileged mounts Message-ID: <20180524214617.GG7712@thunk.org> References: <87o9h6554f.fsf@xmission.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87o9h6554f.fsf@xmission.com> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 06:22:56PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > Very slowly the work has been progressing to ensure the vfs has the > necessary support for mounting filesystems without privilege. What's the thinking behind how system administrators and/or file systems would configure whether or not a particular file system type will be allowed to be mounted w/o privilege? - Ted