From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Private Namespaces for Linux
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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 18:45:41 -0500
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, David Gordon Hogan wrote:

> > > Disallowing su, passwd, sendmail, etc etc isn't really a solution...
> >
> > Sure, but there are ways to handle that.  And until it's done we need
> > restricted mount.
>
> So your solution is to gradually evolve Linux until it becomes
> Plan 9, rather than just using Plan 9?

Umm...  I'd say that there is a bit more to Plan 9 than userland that
doesn't need setuid.  Or to Linux, for that matter.

What's more, reducing the need in setuid is generally considered a Good
Thing(tm) regardless of the OS...