Bug#788546: nfs4 mount.nfs does not respect option "user" in fstab in Jessie

[Ingo <alf.debianfan@gmx.de>]

Am 01.08.2016 um 15:33 schrieb Andreas Henriksson:
> Hello again Ingo.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 10:13:29AM +0200, Ingo wrote:
>> Am 24.07.2016 um 22:07 schrieb Andreas Henriksson:
>>>
>>> Are you sure this is the correct syntax? I would expect that you
>>> should specify the mountpoint (target directory) rather than the
>>> source of the mount. eg. mount /home/ingo/leo.Bilder
>>> Do using that still give you the same problem?
>>
>> Great, at least that works as expected if target directory is used.
>>
>> But "man mount" explicitely states:
> [...]
> 
> You're right, the manpage explicitly says in multiple places
> that what you're doing should work... I'm still thinking ...
... to adjust the manpages?
> using the mountpoint is always preferrable/recommended though. ;)
> 
> I got a chance to discuss this with upstream and I'll try to summarize
> some of the useful information here for the record (and as a personal
> reminder for the future):
> 
....
> 
> Despite knowing where we stumble, it's not easy to come up with a solution
> that suites both the people who wants to avoid path disclosure and your
> usecase. Given you now know about using the mountpoint (which also
> upstream said is really the way to go when specifying mounts, rather
> than the source) would you agree that this isn't strictly Release Critical
> severity anymore?

I do agree!
Thanks to your explanation I understand the background and will change
my habits.

> 
> Hopefully everything works as you expect it to when you mount as non-root
> using "mount /mountpoint" or did you see any additional problems with that?

No further problems here with NFSv4 mounts, I won't forget what I have
learned with this bug.

Regards,
Ingo