Re: smb union mounts
Re: smb union mounts
- Subject: Re: smb union mounts
- From: Dan Shoop <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:24:31 -0500
On Nov 29, 2010, at 6:20 AM, Quinn The Eskimo! wrote:
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> On 27 Nov 2010, at 16:07, Raleigh Rinehart wrote:
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>> I'm having a bit of a problem trying to union mount some smb shares.
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> Mac OS X does not support union mounts well. The exact details are complex (too complex for me, apparently :-), but you can read all about it in this recent thread.
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> <http://lists.apple.com/archives/filesystem-dev/2010/Oct/msg00015.html>
FWIW, I've not had any real issues with union mounts in my usage, other than that it was listed they were no longer supported. (In the case of the man page it was implied it was a no-op and gone, yet clearly isn't.) That "support" seemed to center around that OX X Engineering doesn't seem to want to support it or suggest anyone use it. The details are apparently too complex to share or explain.
Quite frankly I find union mounts very useful and can't understand why it's being written off. It's a fundamental of many unices and other OSen. It's a shame.
-d
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