On Sat, Jul 26, 2003 at 11:29:06AM -0700, User KATRINA wrote: > I was wondering if there's a way I can share my main /usr/ports directory > with the jails I'm running. I thought this would save me a LOT of space. > I tried just the standard "ln -s" to the ports directory when I log into > the jails and try to access the ports directory I get the following: > > > cd ports > ports: Too many levels of symbolic links. > > Is there a way I can share this directory with my jails. Someone told me > to try a hard link but I haven't been able to find the info on how to do > this, (ln /usr/ports ports returns "ln: /usr/ports/: Is a directory") and > everyone else says not to use hard links at all. > > Whats the best way to go about sharing this directory with my jails?
IMHO, the best way would be to use mount_union or mount_null (I still can't figure out what's the difference between them...) of the ports directory. However, that said, I tried that myself about a year back, and accesses in the jail caused my FreeBSD machine to lock up solid. So I guess the warnings in the BUGS section of the mount_union and mount_null man pages are still in full effect. I do wish these would have gotten fixed though, they seem ideal for making jails (mounting nullfs or unionfs on top of a template jail is so much more elegant than making copies...) _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
