[Buildd-tools-devel] schroot question

[Roger Leigh]

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 04:04:33PM -0500, Steven Hirsch wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jan 2009, Roger Leigh wrote:
>
>> 3) I haven't yet seen a reasoned rationale for why this patch is truly
>>   needed.  I'm aware of what isn't working for you, and that that this
>>   fixes things.  However, I'm reluctant to make changes without fully
>>   understanding *why*.  I don't understand why the automounter has
>>   this requirement, and want to fully comprehend what's going on here.
>>   Since schroot is a setuid root executable, which has been carefully
>>   (and conservatively) written with security in mind from the start,
>>   I don't want to apply this without a full appreciation of the
>>   consequences.
>
> I could not agree with you more.  I've tried to engage the folks on the  
> fs-devel mailing list in the past, but without success.  Perhaps I'll 
> give it another shot and see if there's something basic I'm overlooking 
> in terms of getting automounts operational in the chroot session.
>
> It won't bother me a bit if this patch doesn't go into the code, BTW.
>
> Will let you know if I get any answers from the filesystem gurus!

Many thanks.  I will be happy to include the patch once I'm happy with
what's actually going on!


Regards,
Roger

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