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coolguy21

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Registered: 2016-07-05

Posts: 87

[Solved] overlayfs workdir and upperdir must be seperate subtrees

Hi all,

I don't seem to find an answer for this can someone please help..

mount -t overlay overlay -o lowerdir=/home/work-lower,upperdir=/home/work-upper,workdir=/home/work-upper /home/work

overlayfs: workdir and upperdir must be seperate subtrees
* have tried mountint workdir=/home/work/anotherdir

Last edited by coolguy21 (2016-07-20 13:40:45)

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,286

Re: [Solved] overlayfs workdir and upperdir must be seperate subtrees

Like I said in the other thread, in general terms:

/somefolder/lower
/somefolder/upper
/somefolder/work
/somefolder/final_name_of_the_overlay

Those four folders may not be inside each other.