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From: Jonathan Callen <en.abcd@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Manipulating ext2 image without root access.
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 04:05:18
Message-Id: 54D98374.6060603@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Manipulating ext2 image without root access. by Fernando Rodriguez
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4 On 02/09/2015 10:23 PM, Fernando Rodriguez wrote:
5 > Hi,
6 >
7 > I need a way to manipulate a ext2 HD image as a regular user
8 > (without mounting it). All I need is to copy a file to the image
9 > (possibly overwritting an existing file). For FAT it can be done
10 > with mtools, is there anything like it of ext?
11 >
12 >
13 >
14
15 It is possible to do this with debugfs(8), although you probably want
16 to run e2fsck(8) on the filesystem after modifying it via debugfs.
17 Keeping a backup copy of the image might not be a bad idea as well.
18
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20 Jonathan Callen
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Manipulating ext2 image without root access. Fernando Rodriguez <frodriguez.developer@×××××××.com>