Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 18:06:18 -0700 From: jolp <jolp@peerlogic.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: null fs problem (mount_null) Message-ID: <35E35F8A.AB3A713F@peerlogic.com>
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I'm running FreeBSD 2.1.0. I know it's old, but it still works great. I've searched the archives and cant find a solution, so before I possibly waste time on an upgrade just to find the fix isn't there, I thought I'd ask first. After spending hours trying to find lofs, I finally discovered that my only option for mounting an lofs is to mount a null fs instead. But apparently that doesn't even work right. The mount (8) man page says following: "rdonly The same as -r; mount the file system read-only (even the super-user may not write it). However, mounting with "-t null" seems to defeat the read-only option. If I "mount -t null -r /target /mount-point" or "mount -t null -o rdonly /target /mount-point" I can write to the mounted file system whether I'm root or not. Any clues? Regards, -John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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