Re: autofs bug report
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Sat, 19 Sep 1998 12:35:34 -0700 (PDT)
> On 19 Sep 1998, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> > > There is a bug in autofs 3.1.1 with linux 2.1.122. If you manually
> > > mount a filesystem onto it's mount point as specified in the
> >
> > This is really a case of "don't do that, then"; this means someone
> > with root privileges has done something fundamentally stupid. And
> > yes, it does cause deadlock. I don't really consider this a bug; a
> > wart, perhaps, and not one worth spending a lot of time on.
> >
>
> I seriously disagree. If we expect to put linux into the public use;
> we have to expect such silliness to happen. We should be prepared for
> such cases.. I agree; it's mostly due to being root; however this
> isn't always the case.
No, if you weren't root you couldn't make this operation. The problem
is a deadlock within /bin/mount (it would have to be fixed by mount).
But it can only be caused by root, and the symptoms are relatively
harmless.
-hpa
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