X-Git-Url: https://wimlib.net/git/?p=wimlib;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fman1%2Fimagex-mount.1.in;h=f475527c3d79c312b9d079fc9562e73d30062bea;hp=7ebf0598cefa42aba43b09a3c4df8a8dff2447c4;hb=3a900017c59c26af398f9cf375719dbcda378fb8;hpb=d82950b8ae73d50bffebb88c2b5c10b49f4082f4;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/man1/imagex-mount.1.in b/doc/man1/imagex-mount.1.in index 7ebf0598..f475527c 100644 --- a/doc/man1/imagex-mount.1.in +++ b/doc/man1/imagex-mount.1.in @@ -123,17 +123,20 @@ Store temporary staging files in a subdirectory of the directory \fIDIR\fR. Only valid for \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mountrw\fR. .TP \fB--unix-data\fR -By default, \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mount\fR and \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mountrw\fR will ignore both -Windows-style security descriptors (which may have been set either from Windows or by -\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR from an NTFS-volume) and UNIX-specific data (which is from using -\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR with the \fB--unix-data\fR flag). In this default mode, -all files will simply be owned by the user running \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR and will have mode 0777. -(Note: they will still not be accessible to other users unless you also specify -\fB--allow-other\fR.) If you instead provide the \fB--unix-data\fR flag, these -default permissions will be overridden on a per-file basis with the -UNIX-specific data when available, and in the case of \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mountrw\fR it -will be possible to change the UNIX permissions using the standard UNIX -tools and functions. +Honor UNIX-specific metadata that was captured by \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ +capture\fR with the \fB--unix-data option\fR. By default, \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ +mount\fR and \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mountrw\fR will ignore both Windows-style +security descriptors (which may have been set either from Windows or by +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ capture\fR from an NTFS-volume) and UNIX-specific metadata. +In this default mode, all files will simply be owned by the user running +\fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@\fR and will have mode 0777. (Note: they will still not be +accessible to other users unless you also specify \fB--allow-other\fR.) If you +instead provide the \fB--unix-data\fR option, these default permissions will be +overridden on a per-file basis with the UNIX-specific data when available, and +in the case of \fB@IMAGEX_PROGNAME@ mountrw\fR it will be possible to change the +UNIX permissions using the standard UNIX tools and functions. In addition, with +wimlib v1.7.0 and later, you can create device nodes, named pipes, and sockets +on the mounted filesystem and have them stored in the WIM image. .TP \fB--allow-other\fR Pass the \fBallow_other\fR option to the FUSE mount. See \fBmount.fuse\fR (8).