On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 20:20, Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
> On 11 Feb 2003, Arthur Mueller wrote:
> 
> > 2. how to place a directory /usr/local if THE WHOLE TREE /usr is mounted
> > from a nfs-server?
> 
> Mount points are stacks: you can overlay mount points. So, if you happen
> to be exporting a directory structure that includes /usr/local, you can
> still mount your own partitions at the same mount point. Whichever is
> mounts last will be "on top."
> 
> Of course, you can avoid the whole problem by not using the *optional* 
> /usr/local on your export server.
> 
Hm, I actually created on my local machine a folder called "local". When
I mounted a test folder from the network to the appropriate place, my
locally created folder "local" disappeared. It seames as if the kernel
would make either-or decicions, not allowing a mixture of overlaying
maps or mount-points. Strange though....
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