RFC: fuse packages

[dragoran]

Linus Walleij wrote:

> On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>
>> 1) do it as upstream does (suid root)
>> 2) create a fusemount group -- only members of that group are allowed to
>> mount fuse-filesystems that are not in /etc/fstab
>> 3) only allow fuse for things listed in /etc/fstab
>> I tent to do 3) and can also live with 2) (if that's possible -- I
>> suppose it is but did not try yet). I don't like 1).
>
>
> It seems you are thinking alot about sshfs, and that is not the only 
> thing you can to with FUSE...
>
> One specific package I would like to include at some point is EncFS 
> (http://arg0.net/wiki/encfs) which, by letting the user mount from 
> his/her own homedirectory or whatever place in the FS, can create an 
> all-userspace, encrypted, loopback-like filesystem.
>
> It would be most unfortunate if you installed a policy that would 
> prevent the user from mounting at points in his/her own $HOME atleast.
>
> (I am known to have misinformed opinions, so please correct me if 
> needed.)
>
> Linus
>
same for fusesmb (http://hannibal.lr-s.tudelft.nl/fusesmb/)