> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Chase, John > Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: /usr/local -or- /local <snip> > > If /usr/local already has files/directories, mounting a "new" > filesystem > on /usr/local "replaces" all of them with the contents of the newly > mounted filesystem, for the duration the new filesystem is mounted. > I.e., you can't "see" the original files/directories until you unmount > the "new" filesystem. > > -jc-
True. And so, if /usr/local is a symlink to /local, it can't have files within it. So I guess having the symlink precludes some nitwit putting a file in /usr/local in the root filesystem and having it disappear when a new filesystem is mounted over it. Having the symlink stops the nitwit. But, in most cases, it would think the /usr/local in the root filesystem would have an access of 000 to stop people from even trying to save files in it. Would anybody have it with any write access to a non-root? If so, why??? -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
