Systems and methods for implementing improved links between paths of one or more file systems

A computing device configured to establish a link from a source path of a system volume within a container to a target path of a data volume within the container, the computing device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory configured to store instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to:
• receive a request to establish the link from the source path of the system volume to the target path of the data volume within the container;
• store an attribute with the source path in the system volume that indicates the source path of the system volume is the link to the target path of the data volume;
• store a reference from the target path in the data volume to the source path in the system volume;
• and
• verify an origination of a request to perform an operation using the reference and the attribute.

At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that, when executed by at least one processor included in a computing device, cause the computing device to determine whether to allow a file system operation on a data volume of a container, by:

• receiving a request to perform the file system operation at a target path of the data volume within the container;
• determining whether the target path is associated with a reference to a source path in a system volume of the container;
• and
• responsive to determining that the target path is associated with the reference to the source path, determining whether the source path comprises an attribute that indicates the source path in the system volume is a link to the target path in the data volume.