Using a symlink for a mountpoint

Question

Is it possible to set a symlink on a mountpoint? I have a mountpoint /vz. When I'm ln -s /var/lib/vz /vz the result is, that I have a directory vz in my mountpoint /vz, thus I have /vz/vz. Is there any way to prevent this?

Michael Hampton · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-13 10:39:48Z

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A symbolic link cannot be a mount point.

To do what (I think) you want:

Mount the filesystem at /var/lib/vz instead of /vz.
Create a symbolic link at /vz.
```
rmdir /vz
ln -s /var/lib/vz /vz
```

answered Sep 13 '12 at 10:39

Michael Hampton
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	That sounds like a good idea. Gonna try that. Thanks. – ulf Sep 13 '12 at 10:50
	That worked. Thanks :-). – ulf Sep 13 '12 at 11:06

Logic Wreck · Answer 2 · 2012-09-13 10:39:42Z

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You're doing the symlink wrong, you need to run ln -s /vz /var/lib/vz

answered Sep 13 '12 at 10:39

Logic Wreck

Unfortunately I don't. This doesn't work either :-(. – ulf Sep 13 '12 at 10:49

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