@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Standard options:
.. option:: --export [type=]nbd,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>[,name=<export-name>][,writable=on|off][,bitmap=<name>]
--export [type=]vhost-user-blk,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>,addr.type=unix,addr.path=<socket-path>[,writable=on|off][,logical-block-size=<block-size>][,num-queues=<num-queues>]
--export [type=]vhost-user-blk,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>,addr.type=fd,addr.str=<fd>[,writable=on|off][,logical-block-size=<block-size>][,num-queues=<num-queues>]
- --export [type=]fuse,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>,mountpoint=<file>[,growable=on|off][,writable=on|off]
+ --export [type=]fuse,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>,mountpoint=<file>[,growable=on|off][,writable=on|off][,allow-other=on|off|auto]
is a block export definition. ``node-name`` is the block node that should be
exported. ``writable`` determines whether or not the export allows write
@@ -103,7 +103,12 @@ Standard options:
mounted). Consequently, applications that have opened the given file before
the export became active will continue to see its original content. If
``growable`` is set, writes after the end of the exported file will grow the
- block node to fit.
+ block node to fit. The ``allow-other`` option controls whether users other
+ than the user running the process will be allowed to access the export. Note
+ that enabling this option as a non-root user requires enabling the
+ user_allow_other option in the global fuse.conf configuration file. Setting
+ ``allow-other`` to auto (the default) will try enabling this option, and on
+ error fall back to disabling it.
.. option:: --monitor MONITORDEF
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static void help(void)
"\n"
#ifdef CONFIG_FUSE
" --export [type=]fuse,id=<id>,node-name=<node-name>,mountpoint=<file>\n"
-" [,growable=on|off][,writable=on|off]\n"
+" [,growable=on|off][,writable=on|off][,allow-other=on|off|auto]\n"
" export the specified block node over FUSE\n"
"\n"
#endif /* CONFIG_FUSE */
We did not add documentation to the storage daemon's man page for fuse's allow-other option when it was introduced, so do that now. Fixes: 8fc54f9428b9763f800 ("export/fuse: Add allow-other option") Signed-off-by: Hanna Reitz <hreitz@redhat.com> --- v2: - Replaced instances of "QSD" by more generic descriptions, as suggested by Kevin. v1 patch: https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-block/2022-01/msg00567.html --- docs/tools/qemu-storage-daemon.rst | 9 +++++++-- storage-daemon/qemu-storage-daemon.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)