From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 22 00:32:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A65251065674 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:32:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-arch@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 599568FC16 for ; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:32:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-arch@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KWJzT-0006AA-Bj for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:54:56 +0000 Received: from 78-1-109-78.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([78.1.109.78]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:54:55 +0000 Received: from ivoras by 78-1-109-78.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:54:55 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:54:29 +0200 Lines: 39 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig606CF2509034CF55F2FFDB2E" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 78-1-109-78.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Sender: news Subject: Magic symlinks redux X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:32:30 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig606CF2509034CF55F2FFDB2E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I was reading about new things in NetBSD, and one thing caught my=20 attention: per-user /tmp. See=20 http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/bx/blosxom.cgi/nb_20080714_0251.html for=20 example. Google says that a discussion about magic symlinks happens every now and = then in FreeBSD but nothing really gets done. I found this=20 implementation which looks like it's for 7.0: http://butcher.heavennet.ru/patches/kernel/magiclinks/ As far as I understand the VFS (which isn't much...) this looks like an=20 trivial patch, and it's compatible with NetBSD. Since I'm interested in=20 this (specifically for the per-user /tmp and maybe similar gadgetry),=20 I'd like to nurse this patch into the tree, if there are no objections=20 (of course, I'll bug anyone I can find who knows VFS to review it :) ). --------------enig606CF2509034CF55F2FFDB2E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIrgA8ldnAQVacBcgRAnxjAKD68KZw200LgjRsXrc0YEdNNx3tCACg3auP TJVXvNQGWGe3HG9Tl8/jmTo= =Kv6b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig606CF2509034CF55F2FFDB2E--