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Building A Linux Filesystem From An Ordinary File
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Date added: 10/28/2005 |
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Virtual Filesystem: Building A Linux Filesystem From An Ordinary File
You can take a disk file, format it as ext2, ext3, or reiser filesystem and then mount it, just like a physical drive. Yes, it then possible to read and write files to this newly mounted device. You can also copy the complete filesystem, since it is just a file, to another computer. If security is an issue, read on. This article will show you how to encrypt the filesystem, and mount it with ACL (Access Control Lists), which give you rights beyond the traditional read (r) write (w) and execute (x) for the 3 user groups file, owner and other. |
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Linux Devfs (Device File System) FAQ
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Date added: 11/06/2005 |
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Devfs is an alternative to real character and block special devices on your root filesystem. Kernel device drivers can register devices by name rather than major and minor numbers. These devices will appear in devfs automatically, with whatever default ownership and protection the driver specified. A daemon (devfsd) can be used to override these defaults. Devfs has been in the kernel since 2.3.46. |
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100 LinuxTips &Tricks
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Date added: 10/13/2005 |
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Make Your life easier by knowing short cuts on Linux. Need Adobe to read. |
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