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Date:      Wed, 13 Aug 1997 23:36:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Wayne M. Barnes" <wayne@barnes1.wustl.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NFS ignores mount point.  It's happening again.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970813232910.2059H-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199708102015.PAA08219@barnes1.wustl.edu>

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On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Wayne M. Barnes wrote:

> Dear FreeBSDers,
> 
>       mount newcomputer:/ /newcomputer
>       (cd /usr; tar cf - .)|(cd /newcomputer/usr; tar xvf -)
> 
>       df on new computer shows / filling up, and /usr not changing
> at all.  The NFS mount is ignoring and disrespecting the mount points
> on newcomputer.  The tar copy is filling up /, ***under the /usr mount point***
> 
>       Is this misbehaviour, or what?  Is this a bug in mount, NFS, tar, or me?

I wasn't aware nfs mounts crossed mountpoints.  If you want to do this,
don't you have to specify -alldirs in /etc/exports and mount the
sub-mountpoints manually? Am I barking up the wrong file tree? :-)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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