Bug 211749

Summary: RFE: add -r option to losetup to create a read-only loop
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Luciano Rocha <lfrocha+rhbugzilla>
Component: util-linuxAssignee: Karel Zak <kzak>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Ben Levenson <benl>
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patch adding -r option to losetup none

Description Luciano Rocha 2006-10-21 19:09:24 UTC 
Current losetup supports creating RO loops: the set_loop has an argument that
requests and returns the open mode, and the function also checks if the
filesystem the file resides on is mounted read-only.

But there is no way to specify the RO mode from the command line. The attached
patch adds a new -r option.
Comment 1 Luciano Rocha 2006-10-21 19:09:24 UTC 
Created attachment 139067 [details]
patch adding -r option to losetup
Comment 2 Karel Zak 2006-11-01 14:11:37 UTC 
FC6 seems like better target for this feature. Thanks for your patch.