[Buildroot] initramfs doesn't need root to create an image

Nigel Kukard nkukard at lbsd.net
Sat Mar 29 16:32:21 UTC 2008


>  Nigel> Does fakeroot keep device-special information if you create
>  Nigel> devices inside its environment? ie. if you create a /dev/hda
>  Nigel> inside a fakeroot using mknod, tar it up, exit fakeroot, untar
>  Nigel> it with admin privs, is it still a device special file?
> 
> Yes, that's the point of fakeroot.

A day doesn't pass when I don't learn something new  ;)

*thinks of ways to use fakeroot*

-N
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