From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 27 22:58: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE0A437B404 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 22:57:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from arnold (marvin.1729.net [192.168.179.30]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g0S6vuj03664; Mon, 28 Jan 2002 07:57:57 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from BSDJunk@1729.net) Message-ID: <003001c1a7c9$34717380$0801a8c0@lan.1729.net> From: "BSDJunk" To: Cc: "Morten-Christian Bernson" References: <15584747830.20020127232504@mortencb.cx> Subject: Re: mount_null Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 07:58:34 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have been using this rather intensively for about half a year now (mount_null in read only mode). Haven't seen any problems so far, though I would like to know if someone else has. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Morten-Christian Bernson" To: Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 11:25 PM Subject: mount_null > At the bottom of 'man mount_null' there is a disclaimer like this: > ---- > 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. > ---- > > Is this serious? > If I only use it for read-only purposes, is it still buggy? > > I want to use it for getting things outside a jail available for > chroot'ed ftpusers, and they should only have read access, so if that > works, it would be nice. But if there really is a chance of dataloss, > I will of course not use it. > > Anyone who can comment on this? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message