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composefs/usroverlay: Get mode from underlying /usr #1845

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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion crates/lib/src/bootc_composefs/state.rs
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Expand Up @@ -246,7 +246,11 @@ pub(crate) fn composefs_usr_overlay() -> Result<()> {
return Ok(());
}

overlay_transient(usr, Some(0o755.into()))?;
// Get the mode from the underlying /usr directory
let usr_metadata = usr.metadata(".").context("Getting /usr metadata")?;
let usr_mode = Mode::from_raw_mode(usr_metadata.permissions().mode());

overlay_transient(usr, Some(usr_mode))?;

println!("A writeable overlayfs is now mounted on /usr");
println!("All changes there will be discarded on reboot.");
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