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[nealbirch <nealbirch AT attbi.com>]

nealbirch wrote:
> Arwed von Merkatz wrote:
> > The problem is caused by /etc/mtab being a symlink to /proc/mounts,
> > making it a regular file solves this.
>

Okay, further discussion on irc reveals that Arwed's mtab was a symlink 
 which was created ghod knows when.

It would be a good idea if anyone else has the same problem, that is:

/etc/mtab is setup as a symlink to /proc/mounts, when it should be a 
regular file created by mount,

If anyone else finds that they have a symlink instead of a regular file, 
and can shed some light on how it came to be that way, I can determine 
if we need to take some action with the init.d spell that sets up 
mount.sh. It may be a fluke on one machine or it may be affecting more 
folks.


Neal
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