Hi there -
Thanks for all the responses; Just for the benefit of others,
below is the compiled responses for differentiating
sparse and whole root zones:
Basically, to look for the four default inherit-pkg-dir in the zonepath
/lib
/platform
/sbin
/usr
~ In case of a sparse root zone above are mounted read-only from the
global zone and usually can not write into them
~ In case of whole-root you wouldnt see the above instances in the
zonepath
and also /usr or /lib are writeable
Thanks,
~Latha.
De Mena, Ron wrote:
The four that should be restricted from write are /usr, /lib, /platform,
/sbin
/etc & /var should never be inherited.
-- Ron
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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.
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