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| -rw-r--r-- | src/bindfs.1 | 4 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | tests/test_bindfs.rb | 11 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/bindfs.1 b/src/bindfs.1 index 121c8ab..e458ecf 100644 --- a/src/bindfs.1 +++ b/src/bindfs.1 @@ -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. diff --git a/tests/test_bindfs.rb b/tests/test_bindfs.rb index ba30528..d3f54b9 100755 --- a/tests/test_bindfs.rb +++ b/tests/test_bindfs.rb @@ -747,6 +747,17 @@ testenv("", :title => "mntdir with newline", :mntdir_name => "a\nb") do assert { File.exist?("a\nb/f") } end +if `uname`.strip != 'FreeBSD' # -o dev is not supported on FreeBSD + root_testenv("-odev") do + system("mknod mnt/zero c 1 5") + data = File.read("mnt/zero", 3) + assert { data.length == 3 } + assert { data.chars.to_a[0] == "\0" } + assert { data.chars.to_a[1] == "\0" } + assert { data.chars.to_a[2] == "\0" } + end +end + # FIXME: this stuff around testenv is a hax, and testenv may also exit(), which defeats the 'ensure' below. # the test setup ought to be refactored. It might well use MiniTest or something. # TODO: support FreeBSD in this test (different group management commands) |