Subject: Re: sysctl for users mounting filesystems
To: Frank van der Linden <frank@wins.uva.nl>
From: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
List: current-users
Date: 02/17/2000 13:26:01
This sort of scares me...

Can users mount filesystems with setuid-ok status?

Can users overlay /usr?

--Michael

Frank van der Linden <frank@wins.uva.nl> writes:

> I've introduced a sysctl to enable/disable mounting of filesystems
> by non-root users. This sometimes nice, but little-used feature,
> is now switched off by default.
> 
> The sysctl is called "vfs.generic.usermount".
> 
> Use "sysctl -w vfs.generic.usermount=1" to switch this feature on.
> 
> - Frank