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From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
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Subject: Re: Temp files in /etc
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* Joshua Piccari <jpiccari@bblocked.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am setting up a few jails and I want them all to use the same /etc files
> (with the exception of the files related to the password files and
> databases), so I mounted a shared /etc folder as a nullfs with read-only
> permissions. The problem is that using utilities like pw or chpass create
> temporary files in /etc and that file system is mounted read-only.
> So is there a way to force any utilities that create temp files in /etc to
> use another location, something like /usr/local/etc for example?

You could mount a unionfs on top. If the bottom mount is read-only, it
will store modifications on the top mount.

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 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
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