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, 25 Apr 2001 08:20:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 08:20:00 -0400 Received: from cisco7500-mainGW.gts.cz ([194.213.32.131]:2820 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 08:19:58 -0400 Message-ID: <20010422165411.B198@bug.ucw.cz> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 16:54:11 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: nbecker@fred.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: networked file system In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: ; from nbecker@fred.net on Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 10:35:29PM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > Suppose that an entry on any filesystem could be replaced by a symlink > which pointed to a URL, and that an appropriate handler was dispatched > for that URL. This would allow, for example, config files to point to > a different machine. > > Right now we can accomplish this by mounting alternative file systems > and symlinking to them, but only if an appropriate file system has > been written. See podfuk, recently moved to uservfs.sourceforge.net. Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org