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Re: chroot question: Hardlinks or softlinks

From: Lutz Jaenicke (Lutz.Jaenickeaet.TU-Cottbus.DE)
Date: Tue Dec 02 2003 - 03:06:05 CST

On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 10:04:34AM +0100, Lutz Jaenicke wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 09:56:49AM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Is it better to:
> >
> > ln /etc/resolv.conf $queue_directory/etc/resolv.conf
> >
> > or to
> >
> > ln -s $queue_directory/etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf
>
> I don't know about your setup, but typically files in /etc are part of
> the root partition which is mounted first and the content of which
> contains important configuration information. /var is only mounted
> later, so your second proposal may lead to "interesting" results
> during the boot process.

Oh, and your first proposal supposes that the $queue_directory is on
the same partition as /etc, which is not a good idea anyway.

Best,
        Lutz
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