mount --bind

[raymondcidad]

Hi guys
trying to create a symbolik link accesible through FTP, I'm using the mount --bind command:

Code:

mount --bind olddir newdir  

But freenas says that's a iligal option. Like there is no --bind option.

Freenas has problems with --bind? or maybe is other thing Im doing wrong?

thanks

 

[raymondcidad]

Ok, I got the answer myself, so Im posting here for the community.

Freebsd doesnt support mount --bind, but it does have that option into another command

Code:

mount_nullfs targetdir newdir

Does the same. With that, you'll be able to access targetdir from newdir.

If you ever need to remove newdir, you will have to do a "umount newdir" first. Not even root will be able to remove it without umount it first.

PD: All that was looking for a solution of symbolic links and FTP users (since FTP users cannot view symbolic links). The solution works great. Tested in all ftp clients.

cheers.

 

[jgreco]

"mount --bind" looks like some sort of Linux-ism. nullfs is a 4.4BSD'ism so it's been around for about twenty years, kind of wish Linux didn't feel the need to reinvent the wheel so often.