Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 8 Jan 1998 18:14:18 +1100 | | From | Kevin Lentin <> | | | Subject | Re: devlinks: an alternative to devfs |
On Thu, Jan 08, 1998 at 05:59:55PM +1100, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > mount -o remount,nocreate /gaol/dev
> >
> > Could that work?
>
> Er, I don't see how that can help for a sysctl() which says /dev is
> special WRT symlinks. What problem are you trying to solve with the
> remount?
Maybe I didn't quote enough. The problem being discussed was that if you
had devfs mounted twice you want a way to tell the system to not put new
devices in a chrooted devfs. I was suggesting a 'nocreate' option in the
devfs that effectively closes it. So when you create a chrooted filesystem
you can remove some devices you don't like, create a few you think might
turn up later that you do like and then 'close' the filesystem.
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