Re: [PATCH] private mounts

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Hello!

> It is not there for the purpose of protecting user's data.  Rather for
> protecting other users (including root) from unknowingly entering the
> FUSE directory and thus leaking otherwise inaccessible information
> (exact file operations performed) to the mount owner.

Huh? Do you really suppose that there could be anything secret in the
operations somebody else is performing on your files?

I still don't see any real problem this check could ever solve.

				Have a nice fortnight
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