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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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Overview of the Virtual File System
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Date added: 10/25/2005 |
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The Virtual File System (otherwise known as the Virtual Filesystem Switch) is the software layer in the kernel that provides the filesystem interface to userspace programmes. It also provides an abstraction within the kernel which allows different filesystem implementations to co-exist. |
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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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Using Linux
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Date added: 06/26/2005 |
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Using Linux As A Router
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Date added: 06/26/2005 |
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