---
name: "squashfs-mount"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "squashfs-mount"
version: "1.1.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/squashfs-mount"
---

# squashfs-mount(1)

setuid utility instead of FUSE for mounting squashfs files

## NAME

squashfs-mount -  setuid utility instead of FUSE for mounting squashfs files

## SYNOPSIS

**squashfs-mount** *\<image\>:\<mountpoint\>* \[*\<image\>:\<mountpoint\>*\]...  *-- \<command\>* \[*args*...\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **squashfs-mount** command.

**squashfs-mount** is is a small setuid utility for mounting squashfs files. It effectively runs **mount -n -o loop,nosuid,nodev,ro -t squashfs \[image\] \[mountpoint\]** in a mount namespace and then executes the given command as the invoking user.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-h**

  Prints a short usage information.

- **-v**

  Prints the version of the program.

## AUTHOR

squashfs-mount was written by Ben Cumming, Simon Pintarelli and Harmen Stoppels at the CSCS (Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico).

This manual page was written by Salvatore Bonaccorso \<carnil@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).