From f2803095dab51c1000bae8c4d7e40a4d16f0c382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Pärtel Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 18:15:08 +0100 Subject: Added option --enable-ioctl to forward ioctl() calls. This should address #37. --- src/bindfs.1 | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'src/bindfs.1') diff --git a/src/bindfs.1 b/src/bindfs.1 index d98cb74..fd2095d 100644 --- a/src/bindfs.1 +++ b/src/bindfs.1 @@ -315,6 +315,14 @@ In other words, only content modifications (as opposed to metadata changes) 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 -- cgit v1.2.3