Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:41:42 -0600 From: Scott Bolte <listS+freebsd-security@niss.com> To: Nick Cleaton <nick@cleaton.net> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sharing directories between jails Message-ID: <200202140141.g1E1fg059095@crag.niss.com>
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2002 23:52:48 +0000, Nick Cleaton wrote: > > You can do it with mount_null(8). This is an excerpt from the mount_null manual page on 4.4. | BUGS | THIS FILESYSTEM 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. | | This code also needs an owner in order to be less dangerous - serious | hackers can apply by sending mail to hackers@freebsd.org and announcing | their intent to take it over. I've read the 4.5 release notes but I don't recall anything with regard to the null file system. Has there been a quiet improvement, is the warning overblown, or is this really a risky idea? I'd much rather use a working mount_null then an NFS mount from localhost - which is what I am doing now. Scott To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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