>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ben> On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 02:22:10PM +1000, bug1 wrote:
>> Ben Collins wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Also, I'm looking into a program on freshmeat called genext2fs that can
>> > create ext2 images from a directory (and using an optional device list for
>> > devices) as non-root. Would be very nice for woody boot-floppies, IMO.
>> > It's a single .c, so could go into utilities if it doesn't get packaged.
>> >
>>
>> Im a bit slow sometimes, how would it be used by boot-floppies?
Ben> To create rescue.bin and root.bin without being root (IOW, without
Ben> mounting a loop filesystem, etc...). Basically you copy all the files to a
Ben> directory, and run the program, and it will create an image that mirrors
Ben> that directory (and it creates everything as root.root, no matter what the
Ben> perms are in the dir).
If it could be made to work together with `fakeroot'...
What if a loop filesystem could be set up to be `fakeroot' to a user?
Can a good kernel hacker make us one like that?
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