Am 01.08.2016 um 15:33 schrieb Andreas Henriksson: > Hello again Ingo. > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 10:13:29AM +0200, Ingo wrote: >> Am 24.07.2016 um 22:07 schrieb Andreas Henriksson: >>> >>> Are you sure this is the correct syntax? I would expect that you >>> should specify the mountpoint (target directory) rather than the >>> source of the mount. eg. mount /home/ingo/leo.Bilder >>> Do using that still give you the same problem? >> >> Great, at least that works as expected if target directory is used. >> >> But "man mount" explicitely states: > [...] > > You're right, the manpage explicitly says in multiple places > that what you're doing should work... I'm still thinking ... ... to adjust the manpages? > using the mountpoint is always preferrable/recommended though. ;) > > I got a chance to discuss this with upstream and I'll try to summarize > some of the useful information here for the record (and as a personal > reminder for the future): > .... > > Despite knowing where we stumble, it's not easy to come up with a solution > that suites both the people who wants to avoid path disclosure and your > usecase. Given you now know about using the mountpoint (which also > upstream said is really the way to go when specifying mounts, rather > than the source) would you agree that this isn't strictly Release Critical > severity anymore?
I do agree! Thanks to your explanation I understand the background and will change my habits. > > Hopefully everything works as you expect it to when you mount as non-root > using "mount /mountpoint" or did you see any additional problems with that? No further problems here with NFSv4 mounts, I won't forget what I have learned with this bug. Regards, Ingo
