Re: [zfs-discuss] Fix dot-dot permissions without unmount?

2006-12-29 Thread Casper . Dik
After importing some pools after a re-install of the OS, i hit that ..: Permission denied proble m. I figured out I could unmount, chmod, and mount to fix it but that wouldn't be a good situation on a production box. Is there anyway to fix this problem without unmounting? NFS share the

[zfs-discuss] zfs internal working - compression question

2006-12-29 Thread roland
Hello ! I have come across some weirdness, i would like to understand. it`s not an issue, but i`m just wondering about. i created two zfs filesystems based on image-files used as devices - i.e. i created them on top of two empty files, exactly the same size. then i enabled compression on

Re: [zfs-discuss] Deadlock with a pool using files on another zfs?

2006-12-29 Thread Eric Schrock
On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 04:07:57PM -0800, Jason Austin wrote: When messing around with zfs trying to break it, I creating a new pool using files on an existing zfs filesystem. It seem to work fine until I created a snapshot of the original filesystem and then tried to destroy the pool using

[zfs-discuss] Re: Deadlock with a pool using files on another zfs?

2006-12-29 Thread Jason Austin
Which part is the bug? The crash or allowing pools of files that are on a zfs? This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss

Re: [zfs-discuss] Deadlock with a pool using files on another zfs?

2006-12-29 Thread Holger Berger
On 12/29/06, Eric Schrock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 04:07:57PM -0800, Jason Austin wrote: When messing around with zfs trying to break it, I creating a new pool using files on an existing zfs filesystem. It seem to work fine until I created a snapshot of the original

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Deadlock with a pool using files on another zfs?

2006-12-29 Thread Eric Schrock
On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 01:48:17PM -0800, Jason Austin wrote: Which part is the bug? The crash or allowing pools of files that are on a zfs? The crash. Disallowing files from a ZFS filesystem would solve part of the problem, but one could always create a lofi device on top of a ZFS file, or

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Deadlock with a pool using files on another zfs?

2006-12-29 Thread Holger Berger
On 12/29/06, Eric Schrock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 01:48:17PM -0800, Jason Austin wrote: Which part is the bug? The crash or allowing pools of files that are on a zfs? The crash. Disallowing files from a ZFS filesystem would solve part of the problem, but one could

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Deadlock with a pool using files on another zfs?

2006-12-29 Thread Eric Schrock
On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 11:23:30PM +0100, Holger Berger wrote: So the goal is to allow infinite nesting? That would be my guess, based on the fact that disallowing the opposite is effectively impossible. However, no serious investigation into this problem has been done. - Eric -- Eric

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Deadlock with a pool using files on another zfs?

2006-12-29 Thread Holger Berger
On 12/29/06, Eric Schrock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 11:23:30PM +0100, Holger Berger wrote: So the goal is to allow infinite nesting? That would be my guess, based on the fact that disallowing the opposite is effectively impossible. I guess it may be possible by

[zfs-discuss] Re: Re: Deadlock with a pool using files on another zfs?

2006-12-29 Thread Jason Austin
A bit off the subject but what would be the advantage in virtualization using a pool of files verse just creating another zfs on an existing pool. My purpose for using the file pools was to experiment and learn about any quirks before I go production. It let me do things like set up a large

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs internal working - compression question

2006-12-29 Thread Tomas Ă–gren
On 29 December, 2006 - roland sent me these 1,0K bytes: Hello ! I have come across some weirdness, i would like to understand. it`s not an issue, but i`m just wondering about. i created two zfs filesystems based on image-files used as devices - i.e. i created them on top of two empty

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Re: Deadlock with a pool using files on another zfs?

2006-12-29 Thread Richard Elling
Jason Austin wrote: A bit off the subject but what would be the advantage in virtualization using a pool of files verse just creating another zfs on an existing pool. My purpose for using the file pools was to experiment and learn about any quirks before I go production. It let me do things

[zfs-discuss] Differences between ZFS and UFS.

2006-12-29 Thread Pawel Jakub Dawidek
Hi. Here are some things my file system test suite discovered on Solaris ZFS and UFS. Bascially ZFS pass all my tests (about 3000). I see one problem with UFS and two differences: 1. link(2) manual page states that privileged processes can make multiple links to a directory. This looks like