From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:55:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:55:07 -0400 Received: from port29.ds1-rdo.adsl.cybercity.dk ([212.242.196.94]:61543 "HELO xyzzy.adsl.dk") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:54:51 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Has it been done: User Script File System? In-Reply-To: <3B27A546.A64F8B00@lycosmail.com> X-Home-Page: http://peter.makholm.net/ Xyzzy: Nothing happens! From: Peter Makholm Date: 13 Jun 2001 20:54:40 +0200 In-Reply-To: <3B27A546.A64F8B00@lycosmail.com> (russl@lycosmail.com's message of "Wed, 13 Jun 2001 17:40:30 +0000 (UTC)") Message-ID: <878ziwtdlb.fsf@xyzzy.adsl.dk> User-Agent: Gnus/5.090001 (Oort Gnus v0.01) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org russl@lycosmail.com (Russ Lewis) writes: > Is there any filesystem in Linux that uses user scripts/executables to > implement the various function calls? What I'm thinking of is something It has been done before. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ALPHA/userfs/userfs.lsm describes a patch/kernel module for kernel 1.2.10, 1.3.13 and 2.0.30. I vaguely remember that some more resen suggestion was to implement it with the some usper-space nfs-deamon. -- hash-bang-slash-bin-slash-bash