Re: [PATCH] specify ramfs root inode permissions at mount time

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> I tried to use ramfs for /tmp which failed because the default
> permissions of the root inode of ramfs is set to 0755. So I thought,
> that having this permission as a mount option will solve this problem.
>
> Here is a small patch which implements the mount option rootperm=1777.

Doing a "chmod 1777 /tmp" *after* mounting ramfs on /tmp should also work,
without needing to patch the kernel. At least, it seems to work for me.

-Barry K. Nathan <barryn@pobox.com>

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