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@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ of files in the mirrored directory.
.SH FILE OWNERSHIP
.TP
-.B \-u, \-\-user, \-\-owner=\fIuser\fP, \-o owner=...
+.B \-u, \-\-force\-user, \-o force\-user=...
Makes all files owned by the specified user.
Also causes chown on the mounted filesystem to always fail.
.TP
-.B \-g, \-\-group=\fIgroup\fP, \-o group=...
+.B \-g, \-\-force\-group=\fIgroup\fP, \-o force\-group=...
Makes all files owned by the specified group.
Also causes chgrp on the mounted filesystem to always fail.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ they are chowned to user1 in the underlying directory. Works similarly for group
A single user or group may appear no more than once on the left and once on the
right of a slash in the list of mappings.
-Currently, the options \fB--user\fP, \fB--group\fP, \fB--mirror\fP,
+Currently, the options \fB--force-user\fP, \fB--force-group\fP, \fB--mirror\fP,
\fB--create-for-*\fP, \fB--chown-*\fP and \fB--chgrp-*\fP override
the corresponding behavior of this option.
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ option overrides the \-\-create\-as\-user and \-\-create\-as\-mounter options.
.TP
.B \-\-create\-for\-group=\fIgroup\fP, \-o create\-for\-group=...
-Tries to change the owning group of new files and directories to the
+Tries to change the owning group of new files and directories to the
group specified here. This can work only if the mounter is root. This
option overrides the \-\-create\-as\-user and \-\-create\-as\-mounter options.
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ This means that changes in source files are not always immediately visible under
When using \fB\-\-mirror[-only] @somegroup\fP, bindfs won't see changes to the group's member list.
Sending bindfs a \fBSIGUSR1\fP signal will make it reread the user database.
+
.SH BUGS
If bindfs is run in multithreaded mode (with the
@@ -369,6 +370,17 @@ Send patches as pull requests to \fBhttps://github.com/mpartel/bindfs\fP or
by e-mail to \fBmartin dot partel at gmail dot com\fP.
+.SH DEPRECATIONS
+
+The option names \fB\-\-user\fP and \fB\-\-group\fP
+were deprecated and replaced with \fB\-\-force\-user\fP
+and \fB\-\-force\-group\fP in version 1.12.
+The former names clashed with standard option names.
+They are still available but their use is discouraged
+and prints a warning. The synonym \fB\-\-owner\fP is also deprecated
+for consistency.
+
+
.SH AUTHOR
Martin P\[:a]rtel <martin dot partel at gmail dot com>