From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 28 20:32:57 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57B3716A400 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:32:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from northg@shaw.ca) Received: from pd3mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3245F13C458 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:32:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from northg@shaw.ca) Received: from pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.177]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JH800EJ16EXZM20@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:32:57 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml10so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.80]) by pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JH800MBP6EWO2Y0@pd3mr1so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:32:57 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [192.168.1.101] ([24.81.202.129]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JH800EXB6EVS070@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:32:56 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:32:54 -0700 From: Graham North In-reply-to: To: "illoai@gmail.com" Message-id: <4633AF76.4010408@shaw.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 References: <463390A0.20508@shaw.ca> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: normal mount points X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:32:57 -0000 Hmmm. My system is 4.11 so that would explain /proc. Could /net and /host be related to running apache or samba? I did not knowingly create these "devices" I haven't been as vigilant as I could have been for security (one of my reasons for an upcoming reinstall), so there is a possibility of the server being hijacked...? But I don't want to assume the worst on false concersns.. illoai@gmail.com wrote: > On 28/04/07, Graham North wrote: >> I ran the df command last night to check slice sizes in anticipation of >> doing some backup and eventual tranfer to a new machine. >> The output gave me not just normal slices that were created at install >> but also three additional (mount points?) >> /proc >> /net >> /host >> >> The machine is a simple web server and print server with little else on >> it. Can some explain to me (or point me to) an explanation of mount >> points? > > > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/ad0s1a 1012974 36926 895012 4% / > devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev > /dev/ad2s1d 5616214 716542 4450376 14% /home > /dev/ad0s1e 1012974 22352 909586 2% /tmp > . . . > > Mount points are merely directories where devices > are mounted as part of the filesystem. These can be > automatically mounted by a listing in /etc/fstab or manually > mounted using /sbin/mount. That they show up in df's > listing means that something is in fact mounted on it. > > Typing "mount" at a command prompt will give you a listing > of mounted devices like so: > > /dev/ad0s1a on / (ufs, local) > devfs on /dev (devfs, local) > /dev/ad2s1d on /home (ufs, NFS exported, local, nosuid, soft-updates) > /dev/ad0s1e on /tmp (ufs, local, soft-updates) > . . . > > As none of those above (/proc /net /host) are part of the > standard layout (Well, /proc was on 4.x and earlier) some- > one at some time has added them. > -- Graham North Vancouver BC Canada www.soleado.ca Kindness is infectous, try it.