From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 24 15:36:57 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E91FB6F4 for ; Sat, 24 May 2014 15:36:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-x22b.google.com (mail-ve0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c01::22b]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A79ED24EE for ; Sat, 24 May 2014 15:36:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f171.google.com with SMTP id oz11so7601230veb.16 for ; Sat, 24 May 2014 08:36:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=107jJ3LprZgttmN6G/0sgy8txlAg/olQZ0y9EDtv71g=; b=bHphOGV/ZPKPDTXsdnvFmQzpjL+FVlCBpQklXZXCAEoMjJVfyTk1k70/uPlsZxO8vV /oTjldoIEUm5QGKUMYrD2pzinxZVQzQoFw+pYkjCeQhgELwnmKGKEZoedxQqA3Eh3Vt1 Q3KSdxV/HZRPDuU0F+PqRsX8j8TH6CIBl4s9bnwdw/bOHAz9vHjpbgpiA2qshpm19j75 r8VrcIurgQLnhUoGq3yTbM4QW+TIzkYeC4A0GO0Bl8HWAzF/04+etlPpuxPAx0Be87N1 HRcI7fTfeRqslEhfJ3vCrmaqrmSO0miYjiBrJbINDYEOAeoNudQK+4vlE+pllhNZGjvM a34Q== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.76.134 with SMTP id k6mr351386vdw.62.1400945816682; Sat, 24 May 2014 08:36:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.18.67 with HTTP; Sat, 24 May 2014 08:36:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.18.67 with HTTP; Sat, 24 May 2014 08:36:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5380653B.1060307@my.hennepintech.edu> References: <5380653B.1060307@my.hennepintech.edu> Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 18:36:56 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: mount_unionfs(8) From: Alexander Yerenkow To: Andrew Berg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18 Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 15:36:58 -0000 No, it's not stable and it can easily make local DOS, even from jail, if user-mounts allowed. Until sych things are fixed, let's that scary text be there :) Regards, Alexander Yerenkow 24 =D0=BC=D0=B0=D1=8F 2014 =D0=B3. 12:24 =D0=BF=D0=BE=D0=BB=D1=8C=D0=B7=D0= =BE=D0=B2=D0=B0=D1=82=D0=B5=D0=BB=D1=8C "Andrew Berg" < aberg010@my.hennepintech.edu> =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB: > What is the state of unionfs? There was apparently a big reimplementation > of it > that was merged in when 7 was -CURRENT, but there is absolutely no mentio= n > of > this in the man page, which is dated November 30, 2006, and has a big sca= ry > warning: > THIS FILE SYSTEM TYPE IS NOT YET FULLY SUPPORTED (READ: IT DOESN'T WORK) > AND USING IT MAY, IN FACT, DESTROY DATA ON YOUR SYSTEM. USE AT YOUR OWN > RISK. BEWARE OF DOG. SLIPPERY WHEN WET. BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED. > > This leaves me highly confused. Was the man page really never updated in > the > last 7+ years? Is unionfs as it is in 10.0-RELEASE stable and functional? > If > the man page really is outdated and the big scary warning is not > appropriate, > what are the valid options, and what are the known bugs (if any) that > should be > noted in the man page? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >