Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 14:47:01 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: beaupran@jsp.umontreal.ca (Spidey) Cc: bsdbob@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linking /usr/src/ to /var/ftp ? Message-ID: <199808211847.OAA29559@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980821080709.11471B-100000@outpost.nada.org> from Spidey at "Aug 21, 98 08:18:13 am"
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Spidey wrote: > On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Robert D. Keys wrote: > ... snippage ... > yes, it's mainly to provide a small FreeBSD distibution site for the > latest release. I will host some kind of bbs here , and I would like to > distribute FreeBSD locally, for people who can't access the net. > > ... more snippage ... > > IF you are actually wanting to mirror the actual source tree, tar it > > up and put in in the ftp rather than link it so you keep a pristine > > protected source tree in /usr, IMHO. > > Yes, but isn't it bad to not have access to the /usr/src dir in case of > a... something? If I want to recompile something, I must un-tar it, and > move it! Isn't there a way to just link it??? > If these are "trusted" local hosts on your ethernet, you can export the /usr/src tree via NFS. Read-only, of course. -or- If you trust these users with /non-anonymous/ ftp, then they can access your entire directory tree. This gives them the same kind of access as if they were local users with "shell accounts". -or- Give them full login accounts. -or- consider keeping the cdrom containing the "live" filesystem (cdrom #3?) mounted under the anonymous ftp tree. Mount this cdrom nodev,noexec,nosuid -or- NFS mount your own filesystem under that /var/ftp tree. be careful here. Do it readonly, maproot=0, and other things. (read up on this!) Most of what I'm saying here is experimental in nature, i.e. I have not tested the ideas fully. -or- A "daring" approach might be to try "mount_union". -or- /move/ the source tree into the ftp tree, and symlink /usr/src to point there. Dave -- Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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