From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from imap.thunk.org ([74.207.234.97]:50820 "EHLO imap.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727162AbeJQDy1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2018 23:54:27 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:02:23 -0400 From: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" To: nicholas.clark@gmail.com Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/2] Fuse2fs: add fakeroot option. Message-ID: <20181016200223.GH24131@thunk.org> References: <20181014150025.6477-1-nicholas.clark@gmail.com> <20181014150025.6477-3-nicholas.clark@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181014150025.6477-3-nicholas.clark@gmail.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 09:00:25AM -0600, nicholas.clark@gmail.com wrote: > From: Nicholas Clark > > Add a new 'fakeroot' option to fuse2fs. When enabled, fuse2fs will > will pretend to be root when checking file permssions. This allows > fuse2fs to be used for building/modifying rootfs images as an > unprivileged user. > > As per the maintainer's request, nosuid and nodev are automatically > enabled when fakeroot is selected (on platforms that support them) > to help prevent accidental misuse. > > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Clark Applied, thanks! - Ted