From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Wilcox Subject: Re: RFC: Illegal Characters in File Names Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 04:24:36 +0100 Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040722032436.GA4227@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <40FF31C0.1090500@it.swin.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:11473 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266685AbUGVDYl (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Jul 2004 23:24:41 -0400 To: John Newbigin Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40FF31C0.1090500@it.swin.edu.au> List-Id: linux-fsdevel.vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 01:17:20PM +1000, John Newbigin wrote: > system still works and you don't impact other users. If you don't like > the files other people leave in /tmp then use a private /tmp. (Why > don't we have a vfs which can make my private tmp appear on /tmp?) We do. mount --bind. Yes, many problems, including that you don't have write permission on /tmp so you can't bind-mount on top of it, but the VFS is basically there. We just need some HOWTO that shows how to set all the private namespace up properly. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain