Re: mount

From: bugtraq@seifried.org
Date: 12/29/01 

Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 11:00:36 -0700 (MST)
From: <bugtraq@seifried.org>
To: <undef@gmx.net>

This is a "feature" I suppose. I don't see why mounting should be
disallowed on directories that contain items (dev's, files, dir's, etc.).
In fact it is quite useful. You can for example create a "stub" /etc/ dir
(with fstab, stripped passwd, and so on) that contains just enough for
initial boot then the system can mount say /dev/hda5 as /etc (preventing
symlink attacks, partition filling issues, etc.).

-Kurt Seifried