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From: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net>
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Subject: Re: create a link on a ftp
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In looking through the tasks list, I see the "null" fs, which will do
the job needed for this case. The symlink from outside into the the
ftp area will also work, but lacks the ability to mount it -o rdonly
in the ftp area. For even more flexibility, the umap fs is a version
of the null fs that lets you map uid's & gid's from the original to
whatever you need in the mounted file tree.

If the unionfs doesn't use the layer facility that null uses, it
certainly should. But a cleanup of the nullfs facilities is also on
the list.

	<mike

On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Nathan Ahlstrom wrote:

> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 13:38:12 -0600
> From: Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com>
> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net>
> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: create a link on a ftp
> 
> 
> > > The union filesystem is broken in FreeBSD. 
> > 
> > Ugh. Is someone working on fixing it? I was going to move my FTP
> > server from NetBSD to FreeBSD, but this would pretty much kill that.
> 
> I took a brief look at it, but it was _way_ over my head.  ;-)  
> 
> On the web page http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook277.html#619 
> there is a call for volunteers....if you can help?
> 
> Sorry.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> -- 
> 
> Nathan Ahlstrom
> nrahlstr@winternet.com
> FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/
> 


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