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Is it possible to access files "shadowed" by a mount?

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Mar 15, 202611143 views

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In Linux, is there a way to access files on a mounted filesystem that have been "shadowed" when another file system was mounted over a subdirectory? E.g. The solution of my dreams would not require elevated permissions or be specific to a certain file system, but I'll take whatever scraps I can get…

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cd /
mkdir /foo
touch /foo/bar
mount /dev/sda1 /foo
# now, can I still get to /foo/bar on the / filesystem?

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You can use the mount command to access the underlying filesystem. There is no issue with corruption with doing this, but it does require permission to mount the file system.

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Is it possible to access files "shadowed" by a mount?

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