On Feb 9 2007 15:22, Andrew Morton wrote: >On Fri, 09 Feb 2007 14:53:44 -0800 >Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This is the core of the read-only bind mount patch set. > >Who wants read-only bind mounts, and for what reason?
And another case could be, that some application modifies ~/.xyz, but the user (with root's help) does not want that: mount --bind -r ~/.xyz ~/.xyz chmoding out the w bits does not always work, as programs might tamper with the permissions of ~/.xyz itself... so a ro mount seems to be best. Jan -- ft: http://freshmeat.net/p/chaostables/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
