Re: [RFC] FUSE permission modell (Was: fuse review bits)

[Jamie Lokier]

Anton Altaparmakov wrote:
> > That said, I would _usually_ prefer that when I enter a tgz, that I
> > see all component files having the same uid/gid/permissions as the tgz
> > file itself - the same as I'd see if I entered a zip file.
> 
> As you say _usually_, even you admit that sometimes you would want the 
> real owner/permissions to be shown.  And that is the point Miklos is 
> trying to make I believe: it should be configurable not hard set to only 
> one which is what I understand HCH wants.
> 
> There are uses for both.  For example today I was updating the tar ball 
> which is used to create the var file system for a new chroot.  I certainly 
> want to see corretly setup owner/permissions when I look into that tar 
> ball using a FUSE fs...

If I'm updating a var filesystem for a new chroot, I'd need the
ability to chmod and chown things in that filesystem.  Does that work
as an ordinary user?

-- Jamie
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