linux-kernel - Re: [REVIEW][PATCH 0/6] Wrapping up the vfs support for unprivileged mounts

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Date:   Thu, 24 May 2018 17:46:17 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@...onical.com>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [REVIEW][PATCH 0/6] Wrapping up the vfs support for unprivileged
 mounts

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