Revisions to Weird result mounting a tmpfs as root in the directory tree

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Edited to add details based on comment received: on my Ubuntu system it doesn't work as in @sourcejedi example

root@ubuntu:~# cd /mnt
root@ubuntu:/mnt# touch old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# ls
old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# 
root@ubuntu:/mnt# mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /
root@ubuntu:/mnt# ls
old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# touch /mnt/new-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# ls /mnt
new-mnt-file  old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt#

Edited to add details based on comment received: on my Ubuntu system it doesn't work as in @sourcejedi example

root@ubuntu:~# cd /mnt
root@ubuntu:/mnt# touch old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# ls
old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# 
root@ubuntu:/mnt# mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /
root@ubuntu:/mnt# ls
old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# touch /mnt/new-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# ls /mnt
new-mnt-file  old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt#

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edited Nov 28, 2024 at 7:12

CarloC

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Edited to add details based on comment received: on my Ubuntu system it doesn't work as in @sourcejedi example

root@ubuntu:~# cd /mnt
root@ubuntu:/mnt# touch old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# ls
old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# 
root@ubuntu:/mnt# mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /
root@ubuntu:/mnt# ls
old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# touch /mnt/new-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# ls /mnt
new-mnt-file  old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt#

Edited to add details based on comment received: on my Ubuntu system it doesn't work as in @sourcejedi example

root@ubuntu:~# cd /mnt
root@ubuntu:/mnt# touch old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# ls
old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# 
root@ubuntu:/mnt# mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /
root@ubuntu:/mnt# ls
old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# touch /mnt/new-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt# ls /mnt
new-mnt-file  old-mnt-file
root@ubuntu:/mnt#

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edited Nov 11, 2024 at 13:18

CarloC

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Since the tmpfs is empty I would expect to see an empty list from the command ls -la /, however here is the output:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ unshare -Umr /bin/bash
root@ubuntu:~# mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /
root@ubuntu:~# ls -la /
total 5309704
drwxr-xr-x  24 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 22  2023 .
drwxrwxrwt   2 root   root            40 Nov 11 15:47 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 25  2023 bin
drwxr-xr-x   3 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 25  2023 boot
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 11  2019 cdrom
drwxr-xr-x  17 nobody nogroup       3820 Aug 22 14:22 dev
drwxr-xr-x 105 nobody nogroup       4096 Mar 14  2024 etc
-rw-r--r--   1 root   root    1688371200 Jan 19  2021 GISO
drwxr-xr-x   3 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 11  2019 home
lrwxrwxrwx   1 nobody nogroup         34 Jan 25  2023 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-202-generic
lrwxrwxrwx   1 nobody nogroup         34 Jan 25  2023 initrd.img.old -> boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-132-generic
drwxr-xr-x  21 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 25  2023 lib
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 25  2023 lib64
drwx------   2 nobody nogroup      16384 Nov 11  2019 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Feb 10  2021 media
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Aug  5  2019 mnt
drwxr-xr-x   3 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 26  2020 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 123 nobody nogroup          0 Aug 22 12:22 proc
drwx------   4 nobody nogroup       4096 Dec  6  2023 root
drwxr-xr-x  24 nobody nogroup        820 Nov 11 15:20 run
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup      12288 Jan 25  2023 sbin
drwxr-xr-x   4 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 11  2019 snap
drwxr-xr-x   3 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 24  2020 srv
-rw-------   1 nobody nogroup 3748659200 Nov 11  2019 swap.img
dr-xr-xr-x  13 nobody nogroup          0 Nov 11 15:40 sys
drwxrwxrwt  10 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 11 15:42 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  10 nobody nogroup       4096 Aug  5  2019 usr
drwxr-xr-x  13 nobody nogroup       4096 Aug  5  2019 var
lrwxrwxrwx   1 nobody nogroup         31 Jan 25  2023 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-202-generic
lrwxrwxrwx   1 nobody nogroup         31 Jan 25  2023 vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-132-generic
root@ubuntu:~#

Since the tmpfs is empty I would expect to see an empty list from the command ls -la, however here is the output:

root@ubuntu:~# mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /
root@ubuntu:~# ls -la /
total 5309704
drwxr-xr-x  24 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 22  2023 .
drwxrwxrwt   2 root   root            40 Nov 11 15:47 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 25  2023 bin
drwxr-xr-x   3 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 25  2023 boot
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 11  2019 cdrom
drwxr-xr-x  17 nobody nogroup       3820 Aug 22 14:22 dev
drwxr-xr-x 105 nobody nogroup       4096 Mar 14  2024 etc
-rw-r--r--   1 root   root    1688371200 Jan 19  2021 GISO
drwxr-xr-x   3 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 11  2019 home
lrwxrwxrwx   1 nobody nogroup         34 Jan 25  2023 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-202-generic
lrwxrwxrwx   1 nobody nogroup         34 Jan 25  2023 initrd.img.old -> boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-132-generic
drwxr-xr-x  21 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 25  2023 lib
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 25  2023 lib64
drwx------   2 nobody nogroup      16384 Nov 11  2019 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Feb 10  2021 media
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Aug  5  2019 mnt
drwxr-xr-x   3 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 26  2020 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 123 nobody nogroup          0 Aug 22 12:22 proc
drwx------   4 nobody nogroup       4096 Dec  6  2023 root
drwxr-xr-x  24 nobody nogroup        820 Nov 11 15:20 run
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup      12288 Jan 25  2023 sbin
drwxr-xr-x   4 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 11  2019 snap
drwxr-xr-x   3 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 24  2020 srv
-rw-------   1 nobody nogroup 3748659200 Nov 11  2019 swap.img
dr-xr-xr-x  13 nobody nogroup          0 Nov 11 15:40 sys
drwxrwxrwt  10 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 11 15:42 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  10 nobody nogroup       4096 Aug  5  2019 usr
drwxr-xr-x  13 nobody nogroup       4096 Aug  5  2019 var
lrwxrwxrwx   1 nobody nogroup         31 Jan 25  2023 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-202-generic
lrwxrwxrwx   1 nobody nogroup         31 Jan 25  2023 vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-132-generic
root@ubuntu:~#

Since the tmpfs is empty I would expect to see an empty list from the command ls -la /, however here is the output:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ unshare -Umr /bin/bash
root@ubuntu:~# mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /
root@ubuntu:~# ls -la /
total 5309704
drwxr-xr-x  24 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 22  2023 .
drwxrwxrwt   2 root   root            40 Nov 11 15:47 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 25  2023 bin
drwxr-xr-x   3 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 25  2023 boot
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 11  2019 cdrom
drwxr-xr-x  17 nobody nogroup       3820 Aug 22 14:22 dev
drwxr-xr-x 105 nobody nogroup       4096 Mar 14  2024 etc
-rw-r--r--   1 root   root    1688371200 Jan 19  2021 GISO
drwxr-xr-x   3 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 11  2019 home
lrwxrwxrwx   1 nobody nogroup         34 Jan 25  2023 initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-202-generic
lrwxrwxrwx   1 nobody nogroup         34 Jan 25  2023 initrd.img.old -> boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-132-generic
drwxr-xr-x  21 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 25  2023 lib
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 25  2023 lib64
drwx------   2 nobody nogroup      16384 Nov 11  2019 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Feb 10  2021 media
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup       4096 Aug  5  2019 mnt
drwxr-xr-x   3 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 26  2020 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 123 nobody nogroup          0 Aug 22 12:22 proc
drwx------   4 nobody nogroup       4096 Dec  6  2023 root
drwxr-xr-x  24 nobody nogroup        820 Nov 11 15:20 run
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody nogroup      12288 Jan 25  2023 sbin
drwxr-xr-x   4 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 11  2019 snap
drwxr-xr-x   3 nobody nogroup       4096 Jan 24  2020 srv
-rw-------   1 nobody nogroup 3748659200 Nov 11  2019 swap.img
dr-xr-xr-x  13 nobody nogroup          0 Nov 11 15:40 sys
drwxrwxrwt  10 nobody nogroup       4096 Nov 11 15:42 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  10 nobody nogroup       4096 Aug  5  2019 usr
drwxr-xr-x  13 nobody nogroup       4096 Aug  5  2019 var
lrwxrwxrwx   1 nobody nogroup         31 Jan 25  2023 vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-202-generic
lrwxrwxrwx   1 nobody nogroup         31 Jan 25  2023 vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-132-generic
root@ubuntu:~#

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