Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:28:46 -0400 | From | Hank Leininger <> | Subject | Re: symlink_prefix |
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On 2001-06-03, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> Suppose I have devices /dev/a, /dev/b, /dev/c that contain the > /, /usr and /usr/spool filesystems for FOO OS. Now > mount /dev/a /mnt -o symlink_prefix=/mnt > mount /dev/b /mnt/usr -o symlink_prefix=/mnt > mount /dev/c /mnt/usr/spool -o symlink_prefix=/mnt
Cool.
What happens when someone creates new absolute symlinks under /mnt ? Will/should the magic /mnt/ header be stripped from any symlink created under such a path-translated volume? The answer is probably 'yes', but either one violates POLA :(
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