Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:49:37 -0800 (PST) From: Mikko Tyolajarvi <mikko@dynas.se> To: gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What happens on a system with LOTs of mount points (say >1500)? Message-ID: <200112071949.fB7JnbJ78325@mikko.rsa.com> References: <12281195928.20011207194917@buz.ch>
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In local.freebsd.questions you write:
>I'm wondering how FreeBSD would behave if I did the following for eac
>of about 400 directories (domains) per server:
[...]
>cd /home/web/user_dom/
>mkdir bin
>mkdir sbin
>mkdir etc
>mkdir usr
>mkdir temp
>mount_null -o rdonly /bin bin
>mount_null -o rdonly /sbin sbin
>mount_null -o rdonly /etc etc
>mount_null -o rdonly /usr usr
>i.e. have about 1600 mount points on a single machine. The purpose of
[...]
>$ mount
>of course looks pretty crowded, but what other things do I need to
>consider? Has any one got any experience with this kind of stuff?
Things to consider... Well, have you read mount_null(8)?
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.
A wee bit scary, isn't it?
$.02,
/Mikko
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Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com
RSA Security
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