Re: subvolume list as user?

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On 09/16/2017 04:37 PM, Ulli Horlacher wrote:
> On Sat 2017-09-16 (14:39), Hans van Kranenburg wrote:
>> On 09/16/2017 11:45 AM, Ulli Horlacher wrote:
>>
>>> Every user can create subvolumes (and root cannot prevent it!).
>>> But how can a user list these subvolumes?
>>>
>>> tux@xerus:/test/tux: btrfs subvolume create test
>>> Create subvolume './test'
>>
>> From your other posts I don't quickly get if you actually do want to
>> have this possible, or accept that it's currently like that and try to
>> do damage control by having users also remove their things again.
> 
> I want both, country AND western :-)
> 
> Without joking:
> I just want to learn more about btrfs and I have various use cases to
> handle.
> 
> Different use cases need different actions.
> 
> 
>> Actually, if you don't want this I think it's quite easily to patch your
>> kernel with one or two lines of code to disallow it.
> 
> Kernel patching is a no-go for me. My boss does not allow it. No
> discussion possible on this topic.
> 
> 
>>> tux@xerus:/test/tux: btrfs subvolume list .
>>> ERROR: can't perform the search - Operation not permitted
>>
>> Yes, because the SEARCH ioctl only allows root to directly query any of
>> the filesystem metadata from kernel memory. subvolume list uses this
>> SEARCH ioctl to find it's info.
> 
> This is the explantion why it does not work, but it does not help me. I
> still have the problem: how can a user get a list of his subvolumes? He
> may created them some time ago and forget it. He now wants to have a list
> of them.


Far to be perfect, but this could help

find / -inum 256  2>/dev/null

each subvolume has inode number 256

BR
G.Baroncelli


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