RE: [zones-discuss] How to possibly identify whole-root/sparse
The four that should be restricted from write are /usr, /lib, /platform, /sbin /etc & /var should never be inherited. -- Ron -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steffen Weiberle Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: zones-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zones-discuss] How to possibly identify whole-root/sparse Padmalatha S wrote On 08/17/06 08:34,: > Hi there - > > I'b been wanting to know this for while now. > Is there any simple method to know or classify > on a host which is running zones as which is > sparse and which is whole-root? > > The zone names are very generic and doesnt give > a clue; so, I'm interested in knowing: > > ? Possible[simple] method to know from the global >zone itself Mounts will show this. A zone's /usr, /lib will be in the zonepath > ? If not from global zone, atleast a possible[simple] >method to know the same after getting into local zones I non-global zone can not (maybe should not) be able to tell via a command. But if you can write to /lib, /usr, etc you know you are not lofs read-only mounted for those file systems, and thus not sparse. Steffen > > Thanks Ahead, > ~Latha. > ___ > zones-discuss mailing list > zones-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] How to possibly identify whole-root/sparse
Padmalatha S wrote On 08/17/06 08:34,: Hi there - I'b been wanting to know this for while now. Is there any simple method to know or classify on a host which is running zones as which is sparse and which is whole-root? The zone names are very generic and doesnt give a clue; so, I'm interested in knowing: ? Possible[simple] method to know from the global zone itself Mounts will show this. A zone's /usr, /lib will be in the zonepath ? If not from global zone, atleast a possible[simple] method to know the same after getting into local zones I non-global zone can not (maybe should not) be able to tell via a command. But if you can write to /lib, /usr, etc you know you are not lofs read-only mounted for those file systems, and thus not sparse. Steffen Thanks Ahead, ~Latha. ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
Re: [zones-discuss] How to possibly identify whole-root/sparse
You can grep for inherit-pkg-dir in the zone config; using something like zonecfg -z export | grep inherit-pkg-dir should work for you.On 8/17/06, Padmalatha S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi there -I'b been wanting to know this for while now.Is there any simple method to know or classifyon a host which is running zones as which issparse and which is whole-root?The zone names are very generic and doesnt give a clue; so, I'm interested in knowing:? Possible[simple] method to know from the global zone itself? If not from global zone, atleast a possible[simple] method to know the same after getting into local zones Thanks Ahead,~Latha.___zones-discuss mailing listzones-discuss@opensolaris.org ___ zones-discuss mailing list zones-discuss@opensolaris.org
