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Date:      Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:03:37 -0700
From:      "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>
To:        Petr Murmak <petr@cdr.cz>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mount_nullfs dangerous?
Message-ID:  <3FE526F3-242F-4FC3-8B91-B8FE5F77E5DD@shire.net>
In-Reply-To: <20060116012323.C88DCD3847@smtp.klfree.net>
References:  <20060116012323.C88DCD3847@smtp.klfree.net>

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On Jan 15, 2006, at 6:22 PM, Petr Murmak wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I want to use mount_nullfs on FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE AMD64 to share  
> part of
> filesystem tree between different jails, but i found this in man  
> pages for
> mount_nullfs:
>
> BUGS
>      THIS FILE SYSTEM TYPE IS NOT YET FULLY SUPPORTED (READ: IT  
> DOESN'T
> WORK)
>      AND USING IT MAY, IN FACT, DESTROY DATA ON YOUR SYSTEM.  USE  
> AT YOUR
> OWN
>      RISK.  BEWARE OF DOG.  SLIPPERY WHEN WET.
>
> Is this still valid? Because there is date May 1, 1995 underneath,  
> so it is
> near 11 years old warning!?

I've been using it on 5.4 systems to share between jails (mostly RO  
for safety but some RW) and it has worked just fine

Chad

>
> Petr
>
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