Ok think I have found the underlying issue here. It seems its related to a lack of xattr support in the lower filesystem throwing out the copyup operations. I have hopefully fixed this up, could you test the kernels below (pick the newer dated one) and report back here:
http://people.canonical.com/~apw/lp1038075-quantal/ Thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1039402 Title: [quantal] overlayfs over r/o NFS mount fails to overwrite existing files To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1039402/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs