From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 26 11:32:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4F2F37B40B for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:32:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from firewire.nightrealmstudios.com (puddle31.drizzle.com [216.162.217.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D28B43F93 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:32:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from katrina@firewire.nightrealmstudios.com) Received: from firewire.nightrealmstudios.com (localhost.nightrealmstudios.com [127.0.0.1])h6QIT7kl000443 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:29:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from katrina@firewire.nightrealmstudios.com) Received: from localhost (katrina@localhost)id h6QIT7cr000440 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:29:07 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 11:29:06 -0700 (PDT) From: User KATRINA To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030726112605.E439@firewire.nightrealmstudios.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Sharing among jails X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 18:32:54 -0000 I was wondering if there's a way I can share my main /usr/ports directory with the jails I'm running. I thought this would save me a LOT of space. I tried just the standard "ln -s" to the ports directory when I log into the jails and try to access the ports directory I get the following: > cd ports ports: Too many levels of symbolic links. Is there a way I can share this directory with my jails. Someone told me to try a hard link but I haven't been able to find the info on how to do this, (ln /usr/ports ports returns "ln: /usr/ports/: Is a directory") and everyone else says not to use hard links at all. Whats the best way to go about sharing this directory with my jails?