[Podman] Re: Rootless - Native overlay not shown in df or mount commands

Jorge Fábregas <jorge.fabregas(a)gmail.com&gt; writes: > On 9/6/21 11:34 AM, Giuseppe Scrivano wrote: >> exactly. root can create mounts directly in the current mount namespace >> so it doesn't need to create a new one owned by a different user >> namespace. > > Ok, I see this now. Forgot the part that regular users can't create new > mount points. I was mainly concentrating in the "isolation" aspect of a > new mount namespace. > > Wouldn't new mount namespace for rootful containers provide an extra > isolation? for rootless it is more of a necessity than for extra security. In the new mount namespace it is still possible to access all the existing mount points from the host. For root, it could make sense to have a separate mount namespace so that the mount points won't be visible from the host. This setup is not currently supported, you'd need to create it manually. Giuseppe _______________________________________________ Podman mailing list -- podman(a)lists.podman.io To unsubscribe send an email to podman-leave(a)lists.podman.io