From 6b2299384da5178a64779991c39a4a290b4119f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Tianyu (Eric) Zhu" Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 16:22:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] update readme since we are no longer mapping everything in dev (#118) --- README.md | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0501a45e..627f3884 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ We're setting out to change that: `try cmd` and commit---or not. `try` lets you run a command and inspect its effects before changing your live system. `try` uses Linux's [namespaces (via `unshare`)](https://docs.kernel.org/userspace-api/unshare.html) and the [overlayfs](https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/overlayfs.html) union filesystem. Please note that `try` is a prototype and not a full sandbox, and should not be used to execute -commands that you don't already trust on your system, (i.e. devices in `/dev` are -mounted in the sandbox, and network calls are all allowed.) Please do not -attempt any commands that will remove everything in /dev or write zeros to your -disks. +commands that you don't already trust on your system, (i.e. network calls are all allowed) try gif @@ -160,7 +157,7 @@ Any command that interacts with other users/groups will fail since only the current user's UID/GID are mapped. However, the [future branch](https://github.com/binpash/try/tree/future) has support for uid/mapping; please refer to the that branch's readme for installation instructions for the -uid/gidmapper. +uid/gidmapper (root access is required for installation). Please also report any issue you run into while using the future branch!