Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:36:21 +0100 From: Lewis Thompson <purple@lewiz.net> To: FreeBSD-hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: mount_unionfs directory permissions. Message-ID: <20030919093620.GC5850@lewiz.org>
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--k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, This is the first time I've posted to -hackers and I apologise in advance since it's not strictly what I expect goes on here (and have read on Google Groups). However, the question I want to ask is best answered here, I think. I've been playing with mount_unionfs but get stuck when it comes to permissions. I'm using it in the context of a ``base'' jail. The mount_unionfs man page states: Filenames are looked up in the upper layer and then in the lower layer. If a directory is found in the lower layer, and there is no entry in the upper layer, then a shadow directory will be created in the upper layer. It will be owned by the user who originally did the union mount, with mode ``rwxrwxrwx'' (0777) modified by the umask in effect at that time. What I want to know is why? Could there not be an option to inherit the permissions of the file/directory? Thanks very much, -lewiz. --=20 I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. --Bob Dylan, 1964. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -| msn:purple@lewiz.net | jab:lewiz@jabber.org | url:http://lewiz.net |- --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/as4UItq0KFQv7T8RAnZeAJ4rfdE6LwsR6F/cc+AmeuqPgCneigCggMOm /Qk+COtRwRQvB5nQwS8fI4w= =OtWB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0--
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