Hi Parv:
And also thanks to the other people who responded earlier. I did not
knowingly set up automounter - is this something I would have had to do?
or part of a default install?
I am still hoping that somebody can tell me what /net and /host are -
inted? samba??
Thanks again.
Graham/
btw: My previous send seems to have bounced...
It read:
Hmmm. My system is 4.11 so that would explain /proc. Could /net and
/host be related to running apache or samba? I did not knowingly create
these "devices" I haven't been as vigilant as I could have been for
security (one of my reasons for an upcoming reinstall), so there is a
possibility of the server being hijacked...? But I don't want to assume
the worst on false concersns..
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 28/04/07, Graham North <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I ran the df command last night to check slice sizes in anticipation of
doing some backup and eventual tranfer to a new machine.
The output gave me not just normal slices that were created at install
but also three additional (mount points?)
/proc
/net
/host
The machine is a simple web server and print server with little else on
it. Can some explain to me (or point me to) an explanation of mount
points?
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/ad0s1a 1012974 36926 895012 4% /
devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev
/dev/ad2s1d 5616214 716542 4450376 14% /home
/dev/ad0s1e 1012974 22352 909586 2% /tmp
. . .
Mount points are merely directories where devices
are mounted as part of the filesystem. These can be
automatically mounted by a listing in /etc/fstab or manually
mounted using /sbin/mount. That they show up in df's
listing means that something is in fact mounted on it.
Typing "mount" at a command prompt will give you a listing
of mounted devices like so:
/dev/ad0s1a on / (ufs, local)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
/dev/ad2s1d on /home (ufs, NFS exported, local, nosuid, soft-updates)
/dev/ad0s1e on /tmp (ufs, local, soft-updates)
. . .
As none of those above (/proc /net /host) are part of the
standard layout (Well, /proc was on 4.x and earlier) some-
one at some time has added them.
Parv wrote:
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
wrote Jerry McAllister thusly...
On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 11:21:20AM -0700, Graham North wrote:
I ran the df command last night to check slice sizes in
anticipation of doing some backup and eventual tranfer to a new
machine. The output gave me not just normal slices that were
created at install but also three additional (mount points?)
/proc
/net
/host
No problem. /proc is sort of a psuedo file system that enables
some routines such as top to look at certain pieces of
information.
Probably /net and /host are also psuedo file systems, but I have
never seen them before. If they are legit, they are for something
I do not run.
Could it be that /{ne,hos}t mount points are due to use of
a{manda,utomounter}?
- Parv
--
Graham North
Vancouver BC
Canada
www.soleado.ca
Kindness is infectous, try it.
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