MONS-OVERLAYFS(7)

📦 version 2.0.0, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

🎀 NAME 🎀

mons-overlayfs — Using an Overlay Filesystem for Everest

Okay bestie, this mons-overlayfs(7) page is the one about using an Overlay Filesystem for Everest. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

mons add NAME PATH --overlay OVERLAY_PATH

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

An Overlay Filesystem lets the contents of one directory be overlaid on top of another. This means Everest can be installed without modifying the base Celeste install, and without needing a second copy of Celeste. Iconic, honestly. 👑

Mounting a filesystem on linux usually requires superuser permissions, which would require entering the root password after every reboot. That's rather cumbersome, so a good alternative is to add an entry to /etc/fstab for the mount point. With the x-systemd.automount option provided by systemd, the filesystem will only be mounted when it is accessed. Slay. ✨

If an overlay cannot be mounted without superuser permissions, an attempt will first be made to use an Unprivileged User Namespace. This can be used to create a container that has superuser privileges that are still isolated from the rest of the system. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

2022-2023, coloursofnoise

That's the whole vibe, bestie! This MONS-OVERLAYFS(7) page comes from mons and is dated Aug 23, 2023. Stay magical, and may your overlays always automount. 💜✨

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