Re: lofi(7D) in non global zones [PSARC/2010/144 FastTrack timeout 04/30/2010]

2010-04-26 Thread Darren Reed
... 4. Mounting lofi devices The direct mount support introduced in PSARC 2008/290 works as expected in non-global zones. Allowing lofi devices into non-global zones introduces a security issue. Some filesystems (notably UFS) are not sufficiently protected against corr

Re: [desktop-discuss] Time Slider Phase 2 (external backup) [PSARC/2010/129 OnePager]

2010-04-26 Thread John Fischer
+1 John On 04/13/10 03:53 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.70 03/30/10 SMI This information is Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction 1.1. Project/Component Working Name: Time Slider Phase 2 (external ba

Re: lofi(7D) in non global zones [PSARC/2010/144 FastTrack timeout 04/30/2010]

2010-04-26 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 02:21:00PM -0400, Sebastien Roy wrote: > It wasn't made explicit above, so I'll ask: Can the global zone modify > non-global zone nodes in addition to being able to see them via lofiadm? Yes, although it's obviously not recommended. > > Currently, lofi has a limit of

Re: lofi(7D) in non global zones [PSARC/2010/144 FastTrack timeout 04/30/2010]

2010-04-26 Thread Sebastien Roy
On 04/23/10 10:09 AM, Darren J Moffat wrote: 2. Device visibility ... Within each zone, lofiadm(1m) is only allowed to see, or modify, the nodes it has created. The global zone can access all nodes, however, for example: # lofiadm Block Device File

Re: lofi(7D) in non global zones [PSARC/2010/144 FastTrack timeout 04/30/2

2010-04-26 Thread Joerg Schilling
"Richard L. Hamilton" wrote: > > Is the implementation of hsfs therefore known to be robust > against kernel crashes due to a corrupted filesystem, or is it simply > that the demand is so high for lofi plus hsfs? What about udfs - if > one wants to use CD images, presumably one might want do use