From owner-freebsd-security Wed Feb 13 17:41:51 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from crag.niss.com (niss.com [169.207.33.46]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A20937B402 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:41:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from crag.niss.com (localhost.niss.com [127.0.0.1]) by crag.niss.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g1E1fg059095; Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:41:42 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from listS+freebsd-security@niss.com) Message-Id: <200202140141.g1E1fg059095@crag.niss.com> From: Scott Bolte To: Nick Cleaton Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sharing directories between jails MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <59092.1013650902.1@crag.niss.com> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:41:42 -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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