From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jamie Lokier Subject: Re: [RFC] FUSE permission modell (Was: fuse review bits) Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:52:20 +0100 Message-ID: <20050412215220.GA23321@mail.shareable.org> References: <3S8oN-So-19@gated-at.bofh.it> <3S8oN-So-21@gated-at.bofh.it> <3S8oN-So-23@gated-at.bofh.it> <3S8oN-So-25@gated-at.bofh.it> <3S8oN-So-27@gated-at.bofh.it> <3S8oM-So-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <3SbPN-3T4-19@gated-at.bofh.it> <20050412144529.GE10995@mail.shareable.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "Bodo Eggert " <7eggert@gmx.de>, Miklos Szeredi , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hch@infradead.org, akpm@osdl.org, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk Return-path: Received: from mail.shareable.org ([81.29.64.88]:40096 "EHLO mail.shareable.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262551AbVDLVwb (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:52:31 -0400 To: Anton Altaparmakov Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org Anton Altaparmakov wrote: > > That said, I would _usually_ prefer that when I enter a tgz, that I > > see all component files having the same uid/gid/permissions as the tgz > > file itself - the same as I'd see if I entered a zip file. > > As you say _usually_, even you admit that sometimes you would want the > real owner/permissions to be shown. And that is the point Miklos is > trying to make I believe: it should be configurable not hard set to only > one which is what I understand HCH wants. > > There are uses for both. For example today I was updating the tar ball > which is used to create the var file system for a new chroot. I certainly > want to see corretly setup owner/permissions when I look into that tar > ball using a FUSE fs... If I'm updating a var filesystem for a new chroot, I'd need the ability to chmod and chown things in that filesystem. Does that work as an ordinary user? -- Jamie