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overlayfs

Linux kernel union filesystem that presents several directory layers as one merged tree, with writes going to an upper layer.

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  • overlay

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systemd's mstack mounts a single-layer stack writable by default

systemd's mstack mounted a single-layer directory writable by default in a dev.to test, and one written line overwrote a read-only file with exit code 0. Anyone shipping a one-layer stack in a unit file has to prove read-only with a test write.

Publishers:dev.to

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