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From: | Ognyan Kulev |
Subject: | Re: Changes to the filesystem while find is running - comments? |
Date: | Wed, 24 Nov 2004 07:50:59 +0200 |
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James Youngman wrote:
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 06:05:43PM -0800, Martin Buchholz wrote:Unlike replacing directories with symlinks, where the malicious possibilities are evident, I don't see any malicious possibilities arising out of mounted filesystems replaced by other filesystems.Is there a consensus agreeing with this point of view? If so, that would make the implementsation much simpler...
This is not valid in GNU Hurd where it's natural translators to be set up on file/directory by ordinary user. (Translators are user-space programs that handle filesystem requests. st_dev/st_fsid is translator's PID and "automounted" filesystems are called passive translators.)
Regards, ogi
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