Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!mintaka!chaos.cs.brandeis.edu!chaos!dnb From: dnb@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (David N. Blank) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: mount points not special Message-ID: Date: 2 Jul 90 14:35:10 GMT References: <1990Jul2.002149.2226@pilikia.pegasus.com> Sender: dnb@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (David N. Blank) Distribution: comp Organization: Fuzzy Pumper Barber Shop, Playdough, USA Lines: 11 In-Reply-To: art@pilikia.pegasus.com's message of 2 Jul 90 00:21:49 GMT Actually, I kind of expected this to be "normal" behavior, but was looking for a trick to prevent it (or discussion on what could be added to the opsys which to prevent you from shooting yourself in the foot). The user in question actually has root privs on that machine (not my decision), and blew it under that auspice. How about having a message like "Directory busy" appear while leaving the directory intact, similar to the one you receive when you attempt to remove a directory which still has files in it? Peace, dNb