>>>>> On 2005-06-10 09:03 PDT, Blaisorblade writes:
>> Hostfs seems to make everything owned by root -- even files
>> created by non-root users.
Blaisorblade> So you are running uml as root?
Blaisorblade> Or you are running UML as non-root but with
Blaisorblade> hostfs as root filesystem?
I'm running uml as non-root (that's part of the reason for using
UML, so I can do everything as non-root), and not using hostfs as
the root file system. I just need to share one directory tree,
and some processes inside the uml need to run as non-root.
Blaisorblade> 1) HUMFS, implementing the ideal behaviour below
Humfs looks promising; I'm investigating - thanks.
>> I would be happy if there were uid and gid mount options as
>> many other fs types have -- to treat all files in the
>> entire mount as owned by a particular user/group.
Blaisorblade> Well, I'm going to add those options to UML 2.6
Blaisorblade> but I'll be able to work on this only next
Blaisorblade> week... However this should not be too much
Blaisorblade> work.
Great! Thanks! Let me know if I can help with anything.
--
Karl 2005-06-10 13:06
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