>>>>> "JT" == Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> writes:

JT> See my response the the PR (on tech-kern).  It should not be limited to
JT> "users".  Stacked mounts (nullfs, and the dmfs that Bill Studenmund is
JT> working on) should inherit all appropriate mount flags from the bottom
JT> layer -- dynamically.  I.e. if I do a MNT_UPDATE on the bottom layer, the
JT> top (stacked) layer should have its flags updated to match.

Well, you probably want to (in the case of nullfs) consider the flags
both on the mounted-from directory and mounted-on-top-of directory, I
think...  if I could copy a binary to a directory, but couldn't execute
it from there, why should mounting atop it give me execute rights?
Perhaps by doing this I can launch a trojan attack somehow...

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