From d63afe519c790c3202c99eec7f3903806cad2098 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Pärtel Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:54:38 +0300 Subject: Document that -o dev is required for device files and test it. Fixes #52. --- src/bindfs.1 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'src/bindfs.1') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3