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bindfs — Mount a directory elsewhere with different permissions. More information: <https://bindfs.org/docs/b

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Problem

How to use the bindfs command: Mount a directory elsewhere with different permissions. More information: <https://bindfs.org/docs/bindfs.1.html>.

Solution

bindfs — Mount a directory elsewhere with different permissions. More information: <https://bindfs.org/docs/bindfs.1.html>.

Mount a directory with same permissions:

sudo bindfs {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/mount_point}}

Map filesystem objects owned by user1 to be owned by user2 (also applies in reverse to newly created files):

sudo bindfs --map={{user1}}/{{user2}} {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/mount_point}}

Unmount a directory:

sudo umount {{path/to/mount_point}}

Code Snippets

Mount a directory with same permissions

sudo bindfs {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/mount_point}}

Map filesystem objects owned by `user1` to be owned by `user2` (also applies in reverse to newly created files)

sudo bindfs --map={{user1}}/{{user2}} {{path/to/directory}} {{path/to/mount_point}}

Unmount a directory

sudo umount {{path/to/mount_point}}

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