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[Tom Garland <tgarland AT email.com>]

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.

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