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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2017-11-16 18:05:42 +0100
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2017-11-17 11:12:33 +0100
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man: document how nspawn's --bind= and --private-users interact
Fixes: #5900
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<option>norbind</option> are allowed, controlling whether to create a recursive or a regular bind
mount. Defaults to "rbind". Backslash escapes are interpreted, so <literal>\:</literal> may be used to embed
colons in either path. This option may be specified multiple times for creating multiple independent bind
- mount points. The <option>--bind-ro=</option> option creates read-only bind mounts.</para></listitem>
+ mount points. The <option>--bind-ro=</option> option creates read-only bind mounts.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that when this option is used in combination with <option>--private-users</option>, the resulting
+ mount points will be owned by the <constant>nobody</constant> user. That's because the mount and its files and
+ directories continue to be owned by the relevant host users and groups, which do not exist in the container,
+ and thus show up under the wildcard UID 65534 (nobody). If such bind mounts are created, it is recommended to
+ make them read-only, using <option>--bind-ro=</option>.</para></listitem>
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