faked โ daemon that remembers fake ownership/permissions of files manipulated by fakeroot processes.
| Use Case | Command | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ Start daemon (background) | faked |
Launches the faked daemon in the background. |
| ๐ Debug mode | faked --debug |
Print debugging information on stderr. |
| ๐ฅ๏ธ Foreground mode | faked --foreground |
Run the daemon in the foreground (do not fork). |
| ๐ Custom TCP port | faked --port |
Use a specific TCP port for communication. |
| ๐พ Save state on exit | faked --save-file |
Save the fake ownership environment to a file on exit. |
| ๐ Load saved state | faked --load |
Load a previously saved environment from standard input. |
| ๐งน Cleanup semaphores | faked --cleanup |
Cleanup the semaphores. |
| โ Unknown ownership | faked --unknown-is-real |
Use real ownership for previously-unknown files instead of setting them to root:root. |
faked [--debug] [--foreground] [--cleanup] [--key msg-key] [--load] [--save-file save-file] [--port TCP-port]
If a fakeroot process wants to change the ownership of a file, then faked is the process that remembers that new owner. If later the same fakeroot process does a stat() for that filename, then the libfakeroot wrapped stat() call will first ask faked for the fake ownership etc of that file, and then report it.
--debugPrint debugging information on stderr.
--foregroundDon't fork into the background.
--cleanup numberCleanup the semaphores.
--key key-numberDon't allocate a new communication channel, but use channel specified by key. (If the specified channel doesn't exist, it's created).
--save-file save-fileSave the environment to save-file on exit.
--loadLoad a previously saved environment from the standard input.
--unknown-is-realUse real ownership of previously-unknown files instead of setting them to root:root.
--port tcp-portUse TCP port tcp-port.
None so far. Be warned, though: although I've written quite a few much larger (and smaller) programs, I've never written anything that was as tiny as fakeroot, had as many bugs as fakeroot, and still was as usable as, say, fakeroot version 0.0_3, the first version that could be used to build itself.
fakeroot is distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL 2.0 or greater).
mostly by J.H.M. Dassen <jdassen AT debian.org> mods/additions by joost and Clint.
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