How To Install bindfs on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bindfs on Kali Linux. bindfs is mirrors or overlays a local directory with altered permissions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bindfs on Kali Linux.

What is bindfs

bindfs is:

bindfs is a FUSE filesystem for mirroring a directory to another directory, similarly to mount –bind. The permissions of the mirrored directory can be altered in various ways.

Some things bindfs can be used for:

  • Making a directory read-only.
  • Making all executables non-executable.
  • Sharing a directory with a list of users (or groups).
  • Modifying permission bits using rules with chmod-like syntax.
  • Changing the permissions with which files are created.

Non-root users can use almost all features, but most interesting use-cases need user_allow_other to be defined in /etc/fuse.conf.

There are three methods to install bindfs on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bindfs Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bindfs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bindfs

Install bindfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bindfs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bindfs

Install bindfs Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install bindfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bindfs

How To Uninstall bindfs on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the bindfs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bindfs

Uninstall bindfs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bindfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bindfs

Remove bindfs Configurations and Data

To remove bindfs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bindfs

Remove bindfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bindfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bindfs

Dependencies

bindfs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bindfs package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.