[brlug-general] Two directories, one inode?

[Dustin Puryear]

Any ideas how this is possible?

# ll -d -i /home/virtfs/abc/home/abc /home/abc
132759554 drwx--x--x  22 abc abc 2048 Jan 14 12:02 /home/abc
132759554 drwx--x--x  22 abc abc 2048 Jan 14 12:02 /home/virtfs/abc/home/abc

I thought this was expressly forbidden/denied? How can two directories 
point to same inode? That is, how can you have a directory hardlink?

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