Re: normal mount points

2007-04-29 Thread Graham North
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/

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-29 Thread Chris Slothouber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2007-04-29 02:00, Graham North wrote: I am still hoping that somebody can tell me what /net and /host are - inted? samba?? As mentioned previously, no part of FreeBSD (port or package included) would ever create directories outside of hier(7),

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-29 Thread Graham North
I believe that they are mount points, not directories. I shut the server down last night until I learn more. G/ Chris Slothouber wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2007-04-29 02:00, Graham North wrote: I am still hoping that somebody can tell me what /net and /host

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-29 Thread Chris Slothouber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2007-04-29 03:17, Graham North wrote: Chris Slothouber wrote: On 2007-04-29 02:00, Graham North wrote: I am still hoping that somebody can tell me what /net and /host are - inted? samba?? As mentioned previously, no part of FreeBSD

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-29 Thread Graham North
Hi Chris: I will fire it up again tomorrow or Monday and report back. Thank you for your help. Graham/ Chris Slothouber wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2007-04-29 03:17, Graham North wrote: Chris Slothouber wrote: On 2007-04-29 02:00, Graham North wrote: I

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-29 Thread Ian Smith
On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:17:30 -0700 Graham North [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe that they are mount points, not directories. I shut the server down last night until I learn more. Mount points are directories, but whether these particular directories have been used as mountpoints or are

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-29 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
Graham North wrote: /net /host /net and /host are populated by the NFS automounter daemon present in freebsd 4.x. My (ancient) 4.11 dev server has the same, enabled by an option in sysinstall. Accessing hosts and shares within these directories will, in theory, trigger the automounter daemon

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-29 Thread Graham North
Hi CyberLeo: Thank you for such a full response! - now as to my understanding..? Does this mean that my Samba is likely to trigger this automount if I am sharing files with my windows box(es)? I will fire the machine back up and browse some documentation later tonight or tomorrow to see if

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-29 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
Graham North wrote: Hi CyberLeo: Thank you for such a full response! - now as to my understanding..? Does this mean that my Samba is likely to trigger this automount if I am sharing files with my windows box(es)? If one or more of your samba shares include directories within /net or /host,

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-29 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:17:30AM -0700, Graham North wrote: I believe that they are mount points, not directories. I shut the server down last night until I learn more. G/ Again, mount points are directories. There is no dofference unless something is attached to the directory and

normal mount points

2007-04-28 Thread Graham North
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

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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?)

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-28 Thread Graham North
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

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-28 Thread Jerry McAllister
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

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-28 Thread Parv
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

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-28 Thread Chris Slothouber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2007-04-28 14:21, 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