From: Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
To: Anthony <anthony@magix.com.sg>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, autofs@linux.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Should mount --bind not follow symlinks?
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 14:31:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010314143157.B27572@pcep-jamie.cern.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0103120835390.25792-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu> <3AACED42.39DF0A24@magix.com.sg>
In-Reply-To: <3AACED42.39DF0A24@magix.com.sg>; from anthony@magix.com.sg on Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 12:37:38AM +0900
Anthony wrote:
> Perhaps I'm blissfully unaware of all sorts of vile
> race conditions, but why can't the *automounter* chase
> the symlinks even if mount shouldn't? Or am I missing
> a neater solution?
The automounter could indeed chase those symlinks.
Also, if the automounter creates a symlink in /opt anyway, and the link
subsequently works (as you said), then it shouldn't be returning "No
such file or directory" the first time.
In other words the latter behaviour looks like a bug in the automounter,
and the former is a feature which could be added but isn't needed for
your application.
-- Jamie
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-03-14 13:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-03-12 10:44 Should mount --bind not follow symlinks? Anthony Heading
2001-03-12 13:40 ` Alexander Viro
2001-03-12 15:37 ` Anthony
2001-03-14 13:31 ` Jamie Lokier [this message]
2001-03-26 14:04 ` Anthony
2001-04-16 15:37 ` Kai Henningsen
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