> > 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?
Yes, within UML for example. I have a little project to imlement a "userloop" filesystem, which works just like "mount -o loop", but you don't need root privs. This is really simple to do with FUSE and UML. I don't think that it's far feched, that in certain situations the user _does_ have the right (and usefulness) to do otherwise privileged filesystem operations. Miklos - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
