Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Mar 2001 00:43:17 +0100 | From | Guest section DW <> | Subject | Re: on /etc/mtab vs. /proc/mounts |
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 03:05:55PM -0800, Torrey Hoffman wrote:
> In fact, the "mount" man page on my Mandrake 7.2 system says: > > "It is possible to replace /etc/mtab by a symbolic link to > /proc/mounts..." and then goes on to describe some of the issues and > problems with doing so - loopback, and paths with spaces seem to > be the significant ones.
The spaces part was fixed in patch-2.4.0-test7.
Today there is a different flaw again: After "mount --bind somedir mountpoint" there is no indication of somedir in /proc/mounts.
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