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From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: 386bsd mount points
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Date: 21 Aug 92 09:47:44 GMT
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Experiment (repeat-by) : Create a directory mode 000 owner root. Mount
filesystem on top of that. Give mounted directory permissions 755. Log in
as ordinary user. Go into that directory. Type 'pwd' or 'ls -la'.
Watch the programs complain about '..'.
Tell me why this happens.

Thanks,
	Bernard

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