Patent ID: 11886605
Assignee: RED HAT, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
copying a first restrictive permission of a file to a second restrictive permission of the file, wherein the file is stored on a host file system;
changing, using a converter, the first restrictive permission to a third less-restrictive permission;
receiving, from the host file system, a first request to access the file;
accessing the file through the host file system, the host file system's access being based on the third less-restrictive permission;
receiving, from a container file system, a second request to access the file;
in response to the second request and before providing the container file system with access to the file, changing, using the converter, a permission that is used to access the file from the third less-restrictive permission to the second restrictive permission; and
accessing the file through the container file system, the container file system's access being based on the second restrictive permission, wherein the container file system is executing in an operating environment that is isolated from an operating environment of the host file system.