Hi, On Thursday 24. January 2008, Miklos Szeredi wrote: > Q: Why do we need correct option showing in /proc/mounts? > A: We want /proc/mounts to fully replace /etc/mtab. The reasons for > this are: > - unprivileged mounters won't be able to update /etc/mtab > - /etc/mtab doesn't work with private mount namespaces > - /etc/mtab can become out-of-sync with reality I asked this before and I don't remember getting an answer: How does this deal with certain special cases: - chroot: how will mount/df only show the for chroot relevant mounts? - loop: how is the connection between file and loop device maintained? I don't quite see how you want to achieve a _full_ replacement. Could also please explain why you want to go via user mounts. Other OS use a daemon for that, which e.g. can maintain access controls. How do you want to manage this? bye, Roman - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
