Squashfs support in --container-mount

[sean-smith]

Is it possible to expose a squashfs via the --container-mounts flag in pyxis/enroot?

[3XX0]

No since this requires privileges. However:

1. You can use squashfuse from within the container as a user to mount it
2. As root you can use autofs and set it up for your users. For example assuming the images are stored under /data (e.g. /data/foo.sqsh):

cat <<EOF > /etc/auto.misc​
* -fstype=squashfs,loop,ro,nosuid,nodev :/data/&.sqsh​
EOF​

systemctl reload autofs

srun --container-image=... --container-mounts=/misc/foo

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[sean-smith]

Thanks Jonathan, we have root access so will try the later.