From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262944AbVFVJql (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 05:46:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262945AbVFVJmw (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 05:42:52 -0400 Received: from 238-071.adsl.pool.ew.hu ([193.226.238.71]:32006 "EHLO dorka.pomaz.szeredi.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262867AbVFVJic (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Jun 2005 05:38:32 -0400 To: akpm@osdl.org CC: miklos@szeredi.hu, pavel@ucw.cz, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-reply-to: <20050622021251.5137179f.akpm@osdl.org> (message from Andrew Morton on Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:12:51 -0700) Subject: Re: -mm -> 2.6.13 merge status (fuse) References: <20050620235458.5b437274.akpm@osdl.org> <20050621142820.GC2015@openzaurus.ucw.cz> <20050621220619.GC2815@elf.ucw.cz> <20050621233914.69a5c85e.akpm@osdl.org> <20050622004902.796fa977.akpm@osdl.org> <20050622021251.5137179f.akpm@osdl.org> Message-Id: From: Miklos Szeredi Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:20:09 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > We could. But that would again be overly restrictive. The goal is to > > make the use of FUSE filesystems for users as simple as possible. If > > the user has to manage multiple namespaces, each with it's own > > restrictions, it's becoming a very un-user-friendly environment. > > I'd have thought that it would be possible to offer the same user interface > as you currently have with private namespaces. Hide any complexity in the > userspace tools? Where's the problem? Sorry, I don't get it. You mean implement the permission checking in the userspace filesystem? That doesn't work, since it's running with the privileges of the filesystem owner, and as such obviously cannot be trusted with checking for access by other users. Thanks, Miklos