Hello Keno,
On 12/04/2017 09:01 PM, Keno Fischer wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
> <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello Keno,
>>
>> Question below....
>>
>>> diff --git a/man2/mount.2 b/man2/mount.2
>>> index 87cb1a9..8d2a347 100644
>>> --- a/man2/mount.2
>>> +++ b/man2/mount.2
>>> @@ -650,6 +650,14 @@ or
>>> .BR EINVAL
>>> An attempt was made to bind mount an unbindable mount.
>>> .TP
>>> +.BR EINVAL
>>> +In an unpriviledged mount namespace, a bind operation
>>
>> What is meant by "an unprivileged mount namespace"?
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> I believe the only way to create an unprivileged mount namespace is to
> do so from a user namespace
> created by an unprivileged user (that's how I ran into it).
Thanks. I applied your patch, and added some words to clarify
the term "unprivileged mount namespace":
(i.e., a mount namespace owned by a user namespace
that was created by a unprivileged user)
Cheers,
Michael
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