Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 18:36:56 +0300 From: Alexander Yerenkow <yerenkow@gmail.com> To: Andrew Berg <aberg010@my.hennepintech.edu> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount_unionfs(8) Message-ID: <CAPJF9w=rdsxDe5-pavq6xCEgpEXR=05NVV2mevo4DGTb_EG6cg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5380653B.1060307@my.hennepintech.edu> References: <5380653B.1060307@my.hennepintech.edu>
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No, it's not stable and it can easily make local DOS, even from jail, if user-mounts allowed. Until sych things are fixed, let's that scary text be there :) Regards, Alexander Yerenkow 24 =D0=BC=D0=B0=D1=8F 2014 =D0=B3. 12:24 =D0=BF=D0=BE=D0=BB=D1=8C=D0=B7=D0= =BE=D0=B2=D0=B0=D1=82=D0=B5=D0=BB=D1=8C "Andrew Berg" < aberg010@my.hennepintech.edu> =D0=BD=D0=B0=D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=81=D0=B0=D0=BB: > What is the state of unionfs? There was apparently a big reimplementation > of it > that was merged in when 7 was -CURRENT, but there is absolutely no mentio= n > of > this in the man page, which is dated November 30, 2006, and has a big sca= ry > warning: > THIS FILE SYSTEM 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. BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED. > > This leaves me highly confused. Was the man page really never updated in > the > last 7+ years? Is unionfs as it is in 10.0-RELEASE stable and functional? > If > the man page really is outdated and the big scary warning is not > appropriate, > what are the valid options, and what are the known bugs (if any) that > should be > noted in the man page? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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