FDUTILSCONFIG(8)

📦 version 5.6, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 FDUTILSCONFIG 💖

okay bestie, we're in section 8 of the System Manager's Manual, and this one is literally called fdutilsconfig. yes it's a whole vibe. let's go 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

fdutilsconfig — configure the suid bit of fdmount 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fdutilsconfig

that's it. no flags. no arguments. just vibes and one command. periodt. 👑

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so fdutilsconfig is this cute interactive script whose whole job is to set up the suid bit on the fdmount(1) binary. that's its moment. its main character energy. ✨

it asks you a few questions, drops you a hint if you need one (no gatekeeping here 🫶), and then writes whatever you picked into /etc/fdmount.conf.

here's why that matters, bestie: when you upgrade the Debian fdutils package, the suid bit info chillin' in /etc/fdmount.conf is what tells the new fdmount binary to keep your old suid bit settings. so like, your setup doesn't get nuked on upgrade. iconic behavior fr fr. 🔥

and the script is flexible about how it does it:

  • if the suidmanager Debian package is installed, it'll use that 💖
  • if it can't find suidmanager, it just goes straight for the suid bit with the chmod u+s command. no middleman, no problem 💅

🗂️ FILES 🗂️

fdutilsconfig reads and writes its config from /etc/fdmount.conf. 📁

that file usually gets created the very first time the fdutils package is installed, so it's basically canon at this point.

🚨 bestie LISTEN. do NOT edit /etc/fdmount.conf by hand. hands off. put the editor down. 🙈 use fdutilsconfig instead, that's literally what it's for. trust. 😭

⚠️ NOTE ⚠️

this script was written exclusively for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. like, it's Debian's baby and nobody else's. 🍼

it is not part of the upstream fdutils sources. so if you're looking for it in upstream, don't bother, she's not there. 💀

👑 AUTHORS 👑

fdutilsconfig was adapted by Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org> from the gnuplotconfig script written by Tibor Simko <simko@debian.org>. 🫶 giving credit where credit is due, always.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

and that's the whole page bestie!! this one came from the 4th Berkeley Distribution, dated 24 January 1999 — vintage but still slaying 💜✨ mwah, go configure that suid bit, you got this 🎀

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