On 12/23/2014 at 11:38 AM, peter@easthope.ca wrote: > From: Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 22 Dec > 2014 22:51:47 +0200 >> What are you trying to accomplish? > > Mount a directory on a directory. Scroll down to "--bind". > http://linux.die.net/man/8/mount I think what Andrei meant is asking what you're trying to accomplish by bind-mounting the one directory on the other as an ordinary user. That is, what is the problem to which you are attempting to apply this as a solution? > Seems odd that ordinary mounts are available to users but "bind" is > only for root. Agreed that it does seem odd, but I can imagine that there could easily be reasons for limiting it that way. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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