Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 15:07:26 GMT From: Adam David <adam@veda.is> To: jonny@mailhost.coppe.ufrj.BR (Joao Carlos Mendes Luis) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nullfs: Panicing... Message-ID: <199610061507.PAA04362@veda.is> References: <199610060359.AAA00618@mailhost.coppe.ufrj.br>
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> I want to make parts of a file system available to anon ftp, whose >chrooted directory is located at another file system. My first >approach was to use nullfs, but everytime I try to edit (vi) >a file in the nullfs mounted directory, the system panics. Everything >else works (or seens to work) ok. > I already had problems with vi and nullfs in NetBSD, caused by the >mmap nature of vi. Maybe this is the case, too. > This problem happens at 2.1.0 and 2.1.5 releases. Does not matter >if the nullfs is mounted read-only or if vi is called in the its read- >only from (view). Probably mmap then, since read-only access typically worked already otherwise. >PS: I'm now using NFS to localhost, as a workaround. I had to abandon this approach and use symlinks instead, once the directory had outgrown a certain size. Perhaps there is no longer any such size limit, but I don't have the stomach at the moment to risk it. -- Adam David <adam@veda.is>
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