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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU!ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!lugb!latcs1!wongm Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Mounting directory ? Message-ID: <CKy45w.I3n@latcs1.lat.oz.au> From: wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 1994 07:15:31 GMT Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia Lines: 20 Hi, I know this question is not a BSD specific one, but just wonder has there been any filesystem implementation that is able to mount a particular directory instead of the whole filesystem. Also, this includes NFS, RFS, AFS or equivalent implementation. I think it should be useful for people who only want to mount/import/export part of the filesystem (ie a particular directory) without exposing the unneccessary info, even they can be just READ-ONLY or without access permission. Probably it can be built transparently into the existing implementation so any filesystem access will restrict the access to the only designated space, ie much like a resricted shell; and attempt to address any non-designated space will simply result in error return, possible ? That also makes mounting/importing/exporting more secure and usable by non-root-privilledge users. Thanks in advance, and email replies please. - wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C Wong) -- - wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au