On 06/21/09 22:59, John Larsen wrote: > Hello, > > im new to solaris and zones. > > I am exploring non-global zones for environment setup for testing. I have > installed non-global zone and able to login etc and su to root. But I > /export/home is missing and I am unable to create directories even as root. > > root at opensolarisA:/export# zonecfg -z webOne > webOne: No such zone configured > Use 'create' to begin configuring a new zone. > zonecfg:webOne> create > zonecfg:webOne> set zonepath=/export/home/webone > zonecfg:webOne> add net > zonecfg:webOne:net> set physical=e1000g0 > zonecfg:webOne:net> set address=192.168.15.110 > zonecfg:webOne:net> end > zonecfg:webOne> exit > > Does this have something to do with using sparse or whole root? Should I > create zfs filesystem prior to creating a pool or isnt that done > automatically when creating the zone? > > Thanks! > > -John > Hi John, You have created (and installed) a sparse root zone. This kind of a zone 'inherits' /lib, /sbin, /platform and /usr by default. This simply means the non-global zone shares it with the global zone and sees them as read-only. I am not sure why you are unable to create a directory under /export (even as root). To create a whole root zone, you must add -b when you do create in zonecfg.
Regards, Krishnan
