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[3/3] overlayfs: inherit permissions from lower

Message ID 20260616144043.3303124-3-andreas.muetzel@emlix.com
State Under Review
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Series [1/3] overlayfs: re-introduce helper unit | expand

Commit Message

Andreas Mützel June 16, 2026, 2:40 p.m. UTC
When creating the upperdir of an overlayfs, inherit not only the
ownership but also the permissions from the lowerdir.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Mützel <andreas.muetzel@emlix.com>
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 meta/files/overlayfs-create-dirs.sh | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
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diff --git a/meta/files/overlayfs-create-dirs.sh b/meta/files/overlayfs-create-dirs.sh
index 9f38ad7648..c22536598c 100644
--- a/meta/files/overlayfs-create-dirs.sh
+++ b/meta/files/overlayfs-create-dirs.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@  mkdir -p ${datamountpoint}/upper${lowerdir}
 mkdir -p ${datamountpoint}/workdir${lowerdir}
 if [ -d "$lowerdir" ]; then
     chown $(stat -c "%U:%G" ${lowerdir}) ${datamountpoint}/upper${lowerdir}
+    chmod $(stat -c "%a" ${lowerdir}) ${datamountpoint}/upper${lowerdir}
 fi