At Thu, 13 Oct 2005 16:04:43 +0200, Alfred M Szmidt wrote: > > These two positions are logically inconsistent. The "little > firewall thingy" requires (to share files) a file_reparent > operation that _effectively works_ in the context of the whole > system. You can not ask for the one thing and reject the other. > > Ah, but now it is you who are confused. I'm talking about a firewall > thingy for a sub-hurd, not chroot.
I understood that quite well. > And I don't recall file_reparent > getting used for sub-hurds. Baiscly letting boot pass things to the > underlying system, but things that are specifed by the user, so you > could for example only get access to /servers/socket/2, and no other > node. Right. I want to pass my music directory to the subhurd, but _only_ that. How do I prevent it from looking up ".."? The easiest way to do this is to use file_reparent on the music directory port and pass that to the subhurd. See also my other mail to Jonathan were I explain this connection in more detail. Marcus _______________________________________________ L4-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l4-hurd
