Path: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu!spool.maxwell.syr.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!feeder.news-service.com!newsgate.cistron.nl!xs4all!transit4.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc Subject: Re: Tough question for oracle DBAs/Solaris Admins. Log shipping. References: <1157138892.366495.321810@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <20060901233306.2c143e9e.hoendech@ecc.lu> <1157148394.641372.258600@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <44fabc90$0$15728$dbd45001@news.wanadoo.nl> <44fb3fa5$0$85887$dbd43001@news.wanadoo.nl> <44fbede5$0$4515$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> <1157752612.112202.78780@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> From: Casper H.S. Dik Organization: Sun Microsystems, Netherlands User-Agent: nn/6.6.2 Date: 09 Sep 2006 09:11:51 GMT Lines: 21 Message-ID: <45028557$0$4519$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.177.151.68 X-Trace: 1157793111 news.xs4all.nl 4519 casper/[::ffff:62.177.151.68]:63065 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: dp-news.maxwell.syr.edu comp.databases.oracle.misc:130095 comp.unix.solaris:366831 comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc:44187 "tedu" writes: >immutability is an attribute of the inode. mounting does not affect >the inodes of the covered filesystem. it would be silly to think the >attribute applied to a filename. file permissions do not apply to the >name, why would you expect what amounts to a read-only flag to be >different? immutability also prevents a file from being removed or renamed; it is more than an attribute of the filename; it's an attribute of the filename AT THAT LOCATION. If you want to prevent unlinking then it stands to reason you also prevent mounting on top off. Casper -- Expressed in this posting are my opinions. They are in no way related to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems. Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may be fiction rather than truth.