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How to share a directory, such as <code>/home</code>, among multiple vserver guests. | How to share a directory, such as <code>/home</code>, among multiple vserver guests. | ||
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==Assumptions== | == Assumptions == | ||
Suppose you have multiple vserver guests at locations such as <code>/var/lib/vservers/<guest>/</code>. | Suppose you have multiple vserver guests at locations such as <code>/var/lib/vservers/<guest>/</code>. | ||
You would like to share a directory, such as <code>/srv/common/home</code>, among multiple guests. | You would like to share a directory, such as <code>/srv/common/home</code>, among multiple guests. | ||
Each guest will be able to write to the directory. | Each guest will be able to write to the directory. | ||
==Command== | |||
== Command == | |||
The following command will mount this directory for all guests: | |||
$ for guest in /var/lib/vservers/*; do mount --bind /srv/common/home ${guest}/home; done | $ for guest in /var/lib/vservers/*; do mount --bind /srv/common/home ${guest}/home; done | ||
==See also== | |||
== fstab == | |||
Alternatively, you may add an entry similar to the below one in <code>/etc/vservers/<guest>/fstab</code>: | |||
/srv/common/home /home none bind 0 0 | |||
== See also == | |||
* <code>$ man mount</code> | * <code>$ man mount</code> | ||
Revision as of 01:36, 15 September 2007
How to share a directory, such as /home, among multiple vserver guests.
Assumptions
Suppose you have multiple vserver guests at locations such as /var/lib/vservers/<guest>/.
You would like to share a directory, such as /srv/common/home, among multiple guests.
Each guest will be able to write to the directory.
Command
The following command will mount this directory for all guests:
$ for guest in /var/lib/vservers/*; do mount --bind /srv/common/home ${guest}/home; done
fstab
Alternatively, you may add an entry similar to the below one in /etc/vservers/<guest>/fstab:
/srv/common/home /home none bind 0 0
See also
$ man mount