@nshalman: Going off with "the way SmartOS is designed" could you give me a short sentence how you see the way SmartOS was designed to work? I'm curious to see your perspective on it
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Nahum Shalman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 04/30/2015 05:03 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> for data synchronize reasons I need to have a home directory under >> /home/<username> which needs to be a real or mounted path (must not contain >> symbolic links). But / is only a small RAM disk. How can I use space from >> the local HDD for /home/<username>? Of cause this is possible with a large >> file and lofi, but I do not like to use this for performance reasons. Is it >> somehow possible through ZFS to mount something on /home? >> >> Carsten >> > > First of all you're going to be fighting against SmartOS to have it re-add > <username> to /etc/passwd or getting it to configure LDAP on each reboot. > > That said, you could easily do: > "zfs create -o mountpoint=/home zones/home && zfs create > zones/home/<username>" > > If this is a single machine for home use and you're staying aware that > you're using SmartOS in a way that is inconsistent with it's design, that's > one thing. If you're planning on doing this on a whole fleet of production > machines that run your business I would first rethink your design and try > to find a way more in keeping with the way SmartOS was designed. > > -Nahum > > > > ------------------------------------------- > smartos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now > RSS Feed: > https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/27088356-7e8b0922 > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
