Re: [fuse-devel] force allow_root

[Sven U. <sve...@gm...>]

Hello Heinrich,

> When implementing on access virus scanning it is desirable to scan
> all file systems mounted in user space.

> I suggest to provide in /etc/fuse.conf an option "force_allow_root",
> which - when set - forces allow_root whenever a user file system is
> mounted, irrespective of any command line option.
> 
> It might be desirable to inform the user about this forced
> allow_root by a console message.

I absolutely do not think that this would be a good idea.  FUSE can be
used to mount filesystems on far away systems, which local root has no
right nor reason to bother with, as well as a number of encrypted
filesystems, which again by their very nature are not for root to
bother with.

Nope, this seems to be one of the (increasingly many) cases where the
loss in privacy FAR out-weights the gain in security, real or
imagined.  And I dare say it's mostly imagined anyway...

Sven
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