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SubjectRe: fsync on large files


On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, G. Allen Morris III wrote:

> One thing you might try is only allow directories to be linked if
> the new links are at the same distance from the root. While this
> would limit the usefulness of the hard linked directories it would
> help with `chroot'. An example would be if you wanted to chroot
> users into their home directories. You create:
>
> /home/skel/usr/bin
> /lib
> /etc
>
> and then you could run
>
> ln /home/skel/usr/ into /home/gam3/usr/
> ln /home/skel/usr/ into /home/ann/usr/

That gives you nothing - you can change the depth by rename later. It's
still the complete generic situation.


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