From 43138fbe907c6c92c66fc26f7f169a1817912001 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nikolaus Rath Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 09:08:26 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Document bug #15. --- README.md | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 642bc77..fb10690 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -61,8 +61,18 @@ doing nasty things. Currently those limitations are: - The mountpoint is not a sticky directory which isn't owned by the user (like /tmp usually is) - - No other user (including root) can access the contents of the mounted - filesystem (though this can be relaxed) + - No other user (including root) can access the contents of the + mounted filesystem (though this can be relaxed by allowing the use + of the `allow_other` and `allow_root` mount options in `fuse.conf`) + +When using the `allow_other` option, be aware of +[bug #15](https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/issues/15): the +permission to access a cached directory entry is only checked for the +first user that accesses it. As long as the directory entry is cached, +accesses by other users are made with the permissions of the first +user. The only work around for this bug is to disable caching of +directory entries, or to not use `allow_other`. + Building your own filesystem