named and /proc

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

Can someone explain this. When you run named using the init.d script
the following things happen:
1, The proc directory appears in /var/named/chroot
2. A link that can only be followed by root between /etc/named.conf
and /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf
3. Then when you run df you get a result that does not refer to
/dev/proc being mounted on /proc
4. However if you run df as a normal user you get something like this:
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda4             17584528  14897032   1779824  90% /
/dev/shm                257420         0    257420   0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda2              1019240    620428    346200  65% /hda2
df: `/var/named/chroot/proc': Permission denied
sol:/users           207409664 124978336  71895488  64% /users

Why suddenly is df concerned about /var/named/chroot/proc?

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Aaron Konstam
Computer Science
Trinity University
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