On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 2:56 AM, Prabhunath G <gprabhun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Binding / folder onto someother folder say /opt/lxc is not working
> but otherway round is working. Can I get some help on this.
>
> The following code snippet is executed after cloning
> After executing the following code snippet the contents of / is visible in
> /opt/lxc
> ret = mount("/", "/opt/lxc", NULL, MS_BIND, NULL);
> if (ret) {
> perror("mount bind / on /opt/lxc");
> exit(1);
> }
>
> But after executing the following code snippet the contents of /opt/lxc is
> not visible in /
> ret = mount("/opt/lxc", "/", NULL, MS_BIND, NULL);
> if (ret) {
> perror("mount bind /opt/lxc on /");
> exit(1);
> }
>
> The code is executing successfully, but the result is not as expected.
It's a little curious that the bind succeeds -- if you try "mount
--move /opt/lxc /" you would get an error. I'd guess there's some use
case for a / bind mount like that though offhand I don't see it. But
bind mounts aren't substitutes for a chroot(2) call, which I think is
what you'll need for your application. Bind mounts could still be
useful in setting up the running chroot environment: mount --bind
/proc /opt/lxc/proc, etc.
--
Jim
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