Re: [PATCH] private mounts

Pavel Machek
2005-04-25T15:52:51Z

Hi!

> > > > I believe the point is:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Person is logged from client Y to server X, and mounts something on
> > > > $HOME/mnt/private (that's on X).
> > > >
> > > > 2. On client Y, person does "scp X:mnt/private/secrets.txt ."
> > > > and wants it to work.
> > > >
> > > > The second operation is a separate login to the first.
> > >
> > > Solution?
> >
> > ... is the same as for the same question with "set of mounts" replaced
> > with "environment variables".
>
> Not quite.
>
> After changing environment variables in .profile, you can copy them to
> other shells using ". ~/.profile".
>
> There is no analogous mechanism to copy namespaces.

Actually, after you add right mount xyzzy /foo lines into .profile,
you can just . ~/.profile ;-).
Pavel

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