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minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoNot if you want to just pop it up with a single command line and close it as quickly
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSu isn’t on windows, and does the exact opposite to restricting filesystem access to a specific subset
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agorunas can do that, yes. Now how are you planning yo also create that user in the same command line? And to dispose of it automatically when the process ends?
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agorunas can do that, yes. But it won’t make you a virtual file system, or give you a nat firewall. One use case for this is the backblaze backup utility. It’s kinda stupid in that it has an all-or-nothing approach to backups. Putting it in a container restricts it in a much easier and reliable way than running it with a special user account.
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYou had me right up till the end…nice work.
Not if you want to just pop it up with a single command line and close it as quickly
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Su isn’t on windows, and does the exact opposite to restricting filesystem access to a specific subset
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runas can do that, yes. Now how are you planning yo also create that user in the same command line? And to dispose of it automatically when the process ends?
runas can do that, yes. But it won’t make you a virtual file system, or give you a nat firewall.
One use case for this is the backblaze backup utility. It’s kinda stupid in that it has an all-or-nothing approach to backups.
Putting it in a container restricts it in a much easier and reliable way than running it with a special user account.
You had me right up till the end…nice work.