"Kenneth C. Arnold" wrote:
> >
> > Fine, then:
> >
> > g=1
> > while [ $g -lt 10000 ]; do
> > mkdir /home/user/junk/$g
> > mount -t bind /home/user/megadir /home/user/junk/$g
> > g=`expr $g + 1`
> > done
>
> Ewww... 10,000 extra mounts is _not_ what I had in mind! (can Linux
> even support that much? Even if so, it would seriously bog stuff
> down...)
>
> Then again, there isn't much use for recursion anyway. Although
> it would be fun to play with...
>
The point is that if this is left as an unprivileged feature it is
trivial to screw over backups or anything similar.
-hpa
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