User talk:Kzm193

LXD Read-Write disk device

Regarding. LXD#Read-Write_(unprivileged_container) Could you explain why the "shiftfs" method is not mentioned first? The newer approach of shiftfs called "idmapped mounts" (IIRC) is included in all recent kernels by default, so it can be used by all regular Arch users and the Wiki is for Arch primarely.

G3ro (talk) 21:50, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi G3ro, I didn't mention shiftfs first because as far as I'm aware it was never merged into the kernel, and development seems to have ceased, so it didn't seem like the best thing to use anymore.

I haven't come across idmapped mounts before but it definitely looks like the better way forward, clearly I missed it entirely.

I'm still learning, I came up with the mount instructions to solve a problem I had, but I'll go ahead and learn about idmapped mounts and come up with a better guide after I implement it myself. The one I posted is a little clunky, so I'm glad there's a cleaner way.

For now feel free to amend the article in any way you see fit.

Kzm193 (talk) 19:39, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Thx for the response. You are right it is a bit confusing that they (the LXD guys) still call it shiftfs etc., also info about it is a bit hard to find.

As I maintain some scripts to install shiftfs myself, I also regularly have to ask the devs for info updates, because they don't really publish anything about it, or just in some changelog that is not really a central place.

Ok I will change the article a bit, but I will keep your approach as a second option, so people have an alternative if shiftfs is not available somehow (older kernels etc.).

G3ro (talk) 19:54, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Nice change :)

It all makes sense now. Yes it's a bit confusing they stuck with the "shiftfs" name. That should solve my problem anyway. Thanks for your help.

Kzm193 (talk) 22:18, 19 December 2022 (UTC)