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authorMartin Pärtel <martin.partel@gmail.com>2017-04-13 17:54:38 +0300
committerMartin Pärtel <martin.partel@gmail.com>2017-04-13 17:54:38 +0300
commitd63afe519c790c3202c99eec7f3903806cad2098 (patch)
tree6b13da289c047388ac5835190dfe431271919de0 /src
parent3d61a4efc9a011c649bbbad9519abbf749224d8e (diff)
downloadbindfs-d63afe519c790c3202c99eec7f3903806cad2098.tar.gz
Document that -o dev is required for device files and test it.
Fixes #52.
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@@ -455,6 +455,10 @@ Older systems may require this deprecated fstab syntax.
Setuid and setgid bits have no effect inside the mount.
This is a necessary security feature of FUSE.
+Access to device files is denied by default by FUSE as a security precaution.
+Use \fB\-o dev\fP to enable access (requires mounting as root). This may not
+be supported on all operating systems.
+
MacFuse caches file contents by default.
This means that changes in source files are not always immediately visible under the mount point.
\fB\-o nolocalcaches\fP can be used to disable the cache.