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Old 09-28-2009   #1 (permalink)
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allow users to mount --bind

I want to allow all users to mount a part of the filesystem which they own to a mount point which they own. How do i set such permissions?
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For allowing all users to mount everything can be done my editing /etc/sysctl.conf and adding a line vfs.usermount=1
What does this actually do? Is it safe? I dont want to allow mount everything. Its enough if users can mount the part of filesystem (--bind) to another provided they have permissions for both mount point and the rootdir.
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