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minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days 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.
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.