linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/2] Fuse2fs: add fakeroot option.

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Date:   Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:02:23 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     nicholas.clark@...il.com
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 2/2] Fuse2fs: add fakeroot option.

On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 09:00:25AM -0600, nicholas.clark@...il.com wrote:
> From: Nicholas Clark <nicholas.clark@...il.com>
> 
> Add a new 'fakeroot' option to fuse2fs. When enabled, fuse2fs will
> will pretend to be root when checking file permssions. This allows
> fuse2fs to be used for building/modifying rootfs images as an
> unprivileged user.
> 
> As per the maintainer's request, nosuid and nodev are automatically
> enabled when fakeroot is selected (on platforms that support them)
> to help prevent accidental misuse.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Clark <nicholas.clark@...il.com>

Applied, thanks!

					- Ted