I understand what these do. Can anybody explain to me why I would use
them? Eg, I could do something like:

mount --rbind /opt/lib/IBM /var/lib/IBM

Now I can get to the same physical files via /opt/lib/IBM or
/var/lib/IBM. I guess that if I messed something up and could not find
the config file, this would be helpful. But how is that better than:

ln -s /opt/lib/IBM /var/lib/IBM

??? The best that I can figure out is if I did something like:

mount -bind /bin /tmp/bin
chroot /tmp /bin/sh

to get to a chroot'ed environment. Is that the reason? Oh, and does it
work? I haven't tried because I'm not where I can easily get to a Linux
system right now.


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John McKown
Senior Systems Programmer
HealthMarkets
Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage
Administrative Services Group
Information Technology

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