Path Isn't Real on Linux

Re:Path Isn't Real on Linux by latchkey on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @08:40PM (#43839860)

If I have a file on machineA with uid10001 and I copy the file to machineB, I might want it to retain that uid, but it shouldn't matter to machineB that it doesn't map to a real user.

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Re:Path Isn't Real on Linux by rafram on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @11:16PM (#43840914)

Hopefully that user actually doesn’t exist on the second machine!

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Re:Path Isn't Real on Linux by MrDarcy on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @09:47PM (#43840313)

You’ll see this observation all the time building containers.

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Re:Path Isn't Real on Linux by danielrico on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:28PM (#43840583)

Don't if you only run them with root user.

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Re:Path Isn't Real on Linux by kurisufag on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @12:44AM (#43841361)

or with ipa-esque authentication schemes and shared mounts

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Re:Path Isn't Real on Linux by dimatura on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @03:00AM (#43842042)

And NFS!

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