nullfs, FreeNAS and right approach

[EsTaF]

Hi, all.
Sometimes people want mount one directory to other. On Linux, BSD OS I can do it and it's a simple action. I just add line as for for example the such "/media1/media/movies /mnt/media1/media/zones/zalman/movies nullfs rw 0 0"
Before to ask that ask, had read different topics from google, but can't found comprehensible responses. Myabe I just was searching it not one+ days, but I thing, that if I will search it about week, that I won't found it anyway.
Me need it not for jails' moment only.
How right create settings in FreeNAS for that moment, People?

 

[SweetAndLow]

Nullfs is used in FreeNAS to mount datasets into a jail. You can probably do this to any directory but that could cause strange problems. Would symlinks work for you?

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[EsTaF]

Nullfs is used in freenas to mount datasets into a jail. You can probably do this to any directory but that could cause strange problems. Would symlinks work for you?

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Are symlinks?
Synlinks "works" not always.
For example, if I'll backup nas over smb/nfs, that I rsync'ing not directories, but symlinks. I can add option for rsync command, that it copy symlinks as real files/directories, but I have symlinks also (not for nullfs mount workaround) and this symlinks will copied as real objects also. It's not good idea for me.
Hadn't thinking, that it's a great problem there as and a transmission installing https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/transmissions-jail-cant-connect-to-any-network.54111/

 

[EsTaF]

Perhaps I'm wrong. But, for example, I want dont copy some linked folder. with fstab I just comment some points in fstab and unmount it. with links, I must remove links in sh and after copying link it again. uncomfortable. be "create" a long lines after ln -s command or just unmount it.

 

[SweetAndLow]

The language barrier and you not explaining what you want to do is making this hard. I think I have done all I can.

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[EsTaF]

I just couldn't find examples. links vs mount points.
One of examples: I want to get ftp access for certainly folder, that is not ftp user place.
/mnt/media1/ftp/ftpuser
and
/mnt/media1/sambamedia
under simple os i just to create mount point (/mnt/media1/sambamedia/music > /mnt/media1/ftp/ftpuser/musicuser), set acl permissioms with setfacl and get access for ftp user to /mnt/media1/sambamedia/music.
If I create symlink that I will watch a link file only. not virtual folder.

 

[EsTaF]

bump

 

[EsTaF]

mount -t nullfs /mnt/media1/media/win/ /mnt/media1/ftp/winuser/win/
echo "mount -t nullfs /mnt/media1/media/win/ /mnt/media1/ftp/winuser/win/" >> /conf/base/etc/rc.d/rc.local
chmod +x /conf/base/etc/rc.d/rc.local

Thanks all.