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  • From: Tom Garland <tgarland AT email.com>
  • To: Neal Birch <nealbirch AT attbi.com>
  • Cc: SM-Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>, Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] problems with mtab
  • Date: 08 Dec 2002 12:54:03 -0800

On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 11:35, nealbirch wrote:
> 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

I have the same thing. My mtab link is dated Jul 10, so my thought is
that it was created with the 0701 ISO and not changed by a spell. All of
my spells were re-built after that date so that eliminates any spell.

--
Have Fun! - toga
Grimoire Guru for WindowManagers
-= Tom Garland =-





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