In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Marty Leisner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> But its "useful" to change permissions/ownership of the initrd
> files at times...
>
> Since a cpio is just a userspace created string of bits, I suppose
> you can apply a set of ownership/permissions to files IN the archive
> by playing with the bits...
>
> Does such a tool exist? Comments? Seems very useful in order to
> avoid being root...
The kernel sources provide a program that should do what you want in
linux/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
Documentation is available in the source or from the command line.
Rainer
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