On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 21:49 +0200, Tomas Telensky wrote: > > > > > > > Of course you can. Kernel can do everything what the machine can do... > > > > > > > > to delete a file you need both the parent directory and the namespace it > > > > belongs in. Kernel mode has no such namespace realistically (or rather a > > > > standardized one that doesn't have to be the same one userspace apps > > > > have). > > > > > > What do you mean with namespace? What do you need it for? All you should > > > need is the pathname. > > > > pathnames are relative to the namespace. See CLONE_NEWNS and related > > things. Also chroots mess things up in this context (a name space is > > sort of kinda a "super chroot"). > > Does this imply that the path "/" is not unique in the whole system > even when not using chroot? correct. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
