Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2000 13:57:29 +0200 From: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org> To: Network <redirect@mail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mount_null Trouble, Please Help!! Message-ID: <20000902135729.L48173@draenor.org> In-Reply-To: <379538839.967889784957.JavaMail.root@web431-mc.mail.com>; from redirect@mail.com on Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 06:16:24AM -0400 References: <379538839.967889784957.JavaMail.root@web431-mc.mail.com>
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Hi there,
From the mount_null manpage:
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.
Just something you might want to consider. :) I didn't have much luck
with mount_null either -- caused kernel panics galore.
Cheers,
Marc
On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 06:16:24AM -0400, Network wrote:
> FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE / Pentium class server
>
> First, I have reasons to use mount_null instead of a
> symlink because I am using anon FTP as well as secure
> FTP (ProFTP) which needs to be accessible via apache
> and a home dir. Here is my problem, assume a scenario:
>
> Original (web) directory: /somedir/www/
> Mount point: /usr/home/someuser/www/
>
> As a generic example. To mount I simply do the
> following:
>
> mount_null /somedir/www/ /usr/home/someuser/www/
>
> All works well, I can telnet in, list the directory
> etc. Here is an example of what mount listing outputs:
>
> /somedir/www on /usr/home/someuser/www (null, local)
>
> However when I copy any reasonably sized binary file
> to the mount point, its completely screwed up on the
> original directory... For example:
>
> bash-2.03$ pwd
> /usr/home/someuser
> bash-2.03$ cp myapp.tar.gz ./www
> bash-2.03$
>
> When I go to /somedir/www/, the file exists, and same
> size and everything, but when I copy it from /somedir
> or use download it via apache, or whatever, the file
> is invalid, its got junk in it. Why is this?
>
> The only way to fix the problem is for me to get on as
> root and copy it from their home to the web directory
> beforehand.. not using mount_null at all.
>
> Please help!
> Thanks
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