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SubjectRe: recent nfs change causes autofs regression
On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 09:43:29AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> This is *not* a security hole. In order to make it a security hole, you
> need to be root in the first place.

Non-root users can write to places where root might believe they cannot write
because he might be under the mistaken assumption that ro means ro.

I am under the impression that that could have implications in some setups.

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> - it's a misfeature that people are used to, and has been around forever.

Sure, they're used it it, but I doubt they are aware of it.

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> so I really don't see why people excuse the new behaviour.

We can certainly agree that a nicer fix would be nicer :)

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/ jakob

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