source: postlfs/filesystems/fuse3.xml@ cfde9651

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY fuse3-download-http "https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/releases/download/fuse-&fuse3-version;/fuse-&fuse3-version;.tar.xz">
  <!ENTITY fuse3-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY fuse3-md5sum        "2abc81e1e75c872ecbbb97eb945c408d">
  <!ENTITY fuse3-size          "4.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY fuse3-buildsize     "232 MB (with tests and documentation)">
  <!ENTITY fuse3-time          "0.2 SBU (add 0.3 SBU for tests)">
]>

<sect1 id="fuse3" xreflabel="Fuse-&fuse3-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="fuse.html"?>


  <title>Fuse-&fuse3-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="fuse3">
    <primary sortas="a-fuse-3">Fuse 3</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Fuse</title>

    <para>
      <application>FUSE</application> (Filesystem in Userspace) is a simple
      interface for userspace programs to export a virtual filesystem to the
      Linux kernel. <application>Fuse</application> also aims to provide a
      secure method for non privileged users to create and mount their own
      filesystem implementations.
    </para>

    &lfs113_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&fuse3-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&fuse3-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &fuse3-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &fuse3-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &fuse3-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &fuse3-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Fuse Dependencies</bridgehead>
    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="doxygen"/> (to rebuild the API documentation),
      <xref linkend="pytest"/> (required for tests), and
      <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/looseversion/">looseversion</ulink>
      (for tests)
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="kernel" id="fuse-kernel">
    <title>Kernel Configuration</title>

    <para>
      Enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the
      kernel if necessary:
    </para>

<screen><literal>File systems  ---&gt;
  &lt;*/M&gt; FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) support [CONFIG_FUSE_FS]</literal></screen>

    <para>
      Character devices in userspace should be enabled too for running the
      tests:
    </para>

<screen><literal>File systems  ---&gt;
  &lt;*/M&gt; FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) support  [CONFIG_FUSE_FS]
  &lt;*/M&gt;   Character device in Userspace support [CONFIG_CUSE]</literal></screen>

    <indexterm zone="fuse3 fuse-kernel">
      <primary sortas="d-fuse3">Fuse 3</primary>
    </indexterm>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Fuse</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Fuse</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i '/^udev/,$ s/^/#/' util/meson.build &amp;&amp;

mkdir build &amp;&amp;
cd    build &amp;&amp;

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &amp;&amp;
ninja</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      The API documentation is included in the package, but
      if you have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> installed and wish to rebuild
      it, issue:
    </para>

<screen remap="doc"><userinput>pushd .. &amp;&amp;
  doxygen doc/Doxyfile &amp;&amp;
popd</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue the following commands (as the <systemitem
      role="username">root</systemitem> user):
    </para>

    <!-- EDITORS NOTE: To view the results of the tests, look for
         "short test summary info" at the end of your log. Below skipped tests,
         you will see "X passed, X skipped, X failed (if any) in X seconds" -->

<screen role="root" remap="test"><userinput>python3 -m venv --system-site-packages testenv &amp;&amp;
source testenv/bin/activate                    &amp;&amp;
pip3 install looseversion                      &amp;&amp;
pytest                                         &amp;&amp;
deactivate</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      The <xref linkend="pytest"/> Python
      module is required for the tests. One test named
      <filename>test_cuse</filename> will fail if the
      <parameter>CONFIG_CUSE</parameter> configuration item was not enabled
      when the kernel was built. One test,
      <filename>test/util.py</filename>, will output a warning due to the usage
      of an unknown mark in pytest.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install                  &amp;&amp;
chmod u+s /usr/bin/fusermount3 &amp;&amp;

cd ..                          &amp;&amp;
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/fuse-&fuse3-version; &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644    doc/{README.NFS,kernel.txt} \
                    /usr/share/doc/fuse-&fuse3-version; &amp;&amp;
cp -Rv doc/html     /usr/share/doc/fuse-&fuse3-version;</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>sed ... util/meson.build</command>: This command disables the
      installation of a boot script and udev rule that are not needed.
    </para>

<!--
    <para>
      <command>sed ... meson.build</command>: This command fixes a bug with the
      test_passthrough_hp test.
    </para>
-->

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration" id="fuse-configuration">
    <title>Configuring fuse</title>

    <sect3 id="fuse-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para>
        Some options regarding mount policy can be set in the file
        <filename>/etc/fuse.conf</filename>. To install the file run the
        following command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
        user:
      </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/fuse.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Set the maximum number of FUSE mounts allowed to non-root users.
# The default is 1000.
#
#mount_max = 1000

# Allow non-root users to specify the 'allow_other' or 'allow_root'
# mount options.
#
#user_allow_other</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

      <para>
        Additional information about the meaning of the configuration
        options are found in the man page.
      </para>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          fusermount3 and mount.fuse3
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libfuse3.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/fuse3 and /usr/share/doc/fuse-&fuse3-version;
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="fusermount3">
        <term><command>fusermount3</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a suid root program to mount and unmount Fuse filesystems
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="fuse3 fusermount3">
            <primary sortas="b-fusermount3">fusermount3</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="mount.fuse3">
        <term><command>mount.fuse3</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the command <command>mount</command> calls to mount a Fuse
            filesystem
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="fuse3 mount.fuse3">
            <primary sortas="b-mount.fuse3">mount.fuse3</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libfuse3">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libfuse3.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains the <application>FUSE</application> API functions
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="fuse3 libfuse3">
            <primary sortas="c-libfuse3">libfuse3.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>