Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 13 Dec 1997 07:24:41 -0500 (EST) | From | Ion Badulescu <> | Subject | Re: Conditional SymLinks |
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On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, C. Scott Ananian wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Dec 1997 "Adam D. Bradley" <artdodge@cs.bu.edu> wrote: > > > /tmp (symlink) -> /proc/uidtmp > > /proc/uidtmp is an on-the-fly symlink (like /proc/self) > > to -> /realtmp/<euid> (or whichever UID field is apropos) > > (Where "realtmp" some directory name settable with a proc entry or > > sysctl). And the /realtmp/<uid> files can actually be whatever you > > like, e.g. individual symlinks to "/home/username/tmp/" > > > I like your idea. Any chance Linus would accept a patch? If no one else > is interested in writing this, I might code it myself over Christmas...
This is a step in the right direction, but before anyone wastes more time working on a completely unportable solution (with minimal chances of ever making it into the kernel), please have a look at
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~ezk/am-utils/
specifically at hlfsd (home-link filesystem daemon). It implements exactly what you want, through a user-space nfs daemon, is portable and keeps unnecessary stuff out of the kernel.
Ionut
-- It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt.
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