Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 02:11:22 -0500 From: tcobb@staff.circle.net To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: UNION FS appropriate? Message-ID: <8188AD2EBC3CD111B7A30060082F32A40C3FA3@freya.circle.net>
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What is the current known state of UNION FS? Here's my situation: I have a set of directories which contain a user's files (mostly web stuff). FTP chroots nicely into this space, and I have other public services which do so, too. All of these files are served from a primary NFS server. What I'd like to do is mount these directories on a new box, and then allow a chrooted telnet. The telnet side I can handle just fine, but I need to 'overlay' onto these directories such stock binaries as chmod,ping,vi, etc. This will allow me to let folks telnet in, and have a usable experience, but not require separate copies of these binaries in each chroot-space. Is this possible with UNION? Is UNION stable enough to handle being dynamically mapped on login? If so, I can find very little information on how to *actually* use it. Ultimately, I'll need to have several overlays of the same files into separate directories for this purpose. Pointers appreciated. - Troy Cobb Circle Net, Inc. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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