Re: [RCF] [PATCH] unprivileged mount/umount

Eric Van Hensbergen wrote:
> On 5/11/05, Jamie Lokier <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Please read carefully: I've described what _current_ kernels do.
> > 
> 
> I guess I misread when you wrote:

There are some things which you can't do with current kernels due to
the checks against current->namespace.  I'm not sure how important
those checks are.  And there are some things which you _can_ do, such
as passing directory file descriptors among processes which are in
different namespaces.

-- Jamie
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