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authorMartin Pärtel <martin.partel@gmail.com>2016-07-31 18:15:08 +0100
committerMartin Pärtel <martin.partel@gmail.com>2016-07-31 18:15:08 +0100
commitf2803095dab51c1000bae8c4d7e40a4d16f0c382 (patch)
treea399460905043d8e6def02e248261bcbe4b2a330 /src/bindfs.1
parent3fda402c006f63e68e1a72f26f4c3ff3040289af (diff)
downloadbindfs-f2803095dab51c1000bae8c4d7e40a4d16f0c382.tar.gz
Added option --enable-ioctl to forward ioctl() calls.
This should address #37.
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@@ -316,6 +316,14 @@ will be reflected in a mirrored file's ctime.
The underlying file's ctime will still be updated normally.
.TP
+.B \-\-enable\-ioctl, \-o enable\-ioctl
+Enables forwarding of ioctl, which is needed for some advanced features such as
+append-only files (\fBchattr +a\fP). Note that the ioctl action will be
+performed as the mounter, not the calling user. No efforts are made to check
+whether the calling user would ordinarily have the permissions to make the
+ioctl. This may be a security concern, especially when mounting as root.
+
+.TP
.B \-\-multithreaded, \-o multithreaded
Run bindfs in multithreaded mode. While bindfs is designed to be
otherwise thread-safe, there is currently a race condition that may pose