Re: bind mounting into a generated multi-level directory structure

[Stef Bon <stef@bononline.nl>]

chris barry wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 15:18 +0100, Stef Bon wrote:
>   
>> Chris Stromsoe wrote:
>>     
>>> I have a set of directories that are created and removed programmatically, 
>>> and are hashed three levels deep (/top/hash/hash/name).  The depth is 
>>> constant, the hashes and names are not.  There are around 35k at any time. 
>>> I would like to bind mount a common directory into each top-level 
>>> (/top/hash/hash/name/data) on demand.
>>>
>>> Can I use autofs to do that without having to explicitly list all of the 
>>> directory paths in auto.master?
>>>   
>>>       
>> Why not use symlinks to this shared common directory, and mount that one?
>>
>> Stef Bon
>>     
>
> His goal is to create a chroot'd environment, and the symlink cannot
> function there.
>   
Good to mention. I did not understand it's about a chrooted environment. 
The earlier emails do not say anything at all about that.

Stef