Re: [PATCH v2] docs: namespace: Tweak and reword resource control doc

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On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 11:04:28AM -0400, Joel Savitz wrote:
> -There are a lot of kinds of objects in the kernel that don't have
> -individual limits or that have limits that are ineffective when a set
> -of processes is allowed to switch user ids.  With user namespaces
> -enabled in a kernel for people who don't trust their users or their
> -users programs to play nice this problems becomes more acute.
> +The kernel contains many kinds of objects that either don't have
> +individual limits or that have limits which are ineffective when
> +a set of processes is allowed to switch their UID. On a system
> +where there admins don't trust their users or their users' programs,
> +user namespaces expose the system to potential misuse of resources.

Do you mean "when there are admins who don't trust ..." or "where admins don't
trust ..."?

Confused...

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