Re: [uml-devel] hostfs extensions issue

[Keichii M. <kei...@ya...>]

--- Matt Zimmerman <md...@de...> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 10:34:00PM -0700, Keichii
> Moto wrote:
> 
> > If I do this, I get the error:
> > mount: outside_host:/usr/local faild, reason given
> by
> > server: Permission denied
> > If not in the UML, I can mount it with no
> problems.
> 
> You can fix this by granting permission on the NFS
> server for UML to mount
> this filesystem.  You may also mount the filesystem
> on the host, and then
> use hostfs to access the mount point.

Fixed, thanks :)

> > Besides, I just poke around UML's project page:
> >
> http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/projects.html
> > in hostfs extensions, it said:
> > 
> > The simplest extension would be to move the user
> code
> > to a remote machine and put a simple RPC mechanism
> > between the kernel and userspace pieces. This
> would
> > allow mounting of a remote directory into a UML,
> > similar to he userspace nfs daemon.
> > 
> > It looks like the same idea of mine? Or I
> > misunderstand?
> 
> That sounds somewhat different.  It would allow the
> user portion of the UML
> hostfs code to run on a remote system, under the
> privileges of a certain
> user, and access the filesystem in the same way that
> hostfs does. 

Sorry, I don't understand. Would you give me an
example?
That'd be help, thanks.

> Your idea sounds like making a gateway from hostfs
into NFS.


> 
> -- 
>  - mdz

Regards,
Keichii

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