On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 12:21:22PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > PS - on a related note, is it possible to safely mount the same Linux > file system twice, once the normal way and the second time read-only > on a different mount point? I have done this accidentally, but I > unmounted immediately when I discovered the error, so I do not know > if the files and metadata stay synchronized between the two mounts. > If this does work, then rsync from a separate read-only mount might > be even safer, and more in keeping with the spirit of Sarbanes Oxley.
Answering my own question: it is indeed possible to mount the same file system twice, but only if the options match; you are not allowed to have a file system mounted read/write and simultaneously mounted read-only on different mount points. Sigh. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice (503)-520-1993 KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list [email protected] http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
