Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Jun 2001 00:18:04 -0600 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: mounting a fs in two places at once? |
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Alexander Viro writes: > > > On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Marty Leisner wrote: > > > I just installed redhat 7.1 on a system. > > > > Cleaning up, a made a fs for home...(mounted on /mnt > > to write the stuff to it) > > > > Then I accidently mounted it on /home. > > > > So it was mounted on /home and /mnt at the same time. > > (I didn't bother going in to see what was there). > > Same tree, obviously. > > > Shouldn't this NOT happen? > > Sigh... Guys, who maintains l-k FAQ?
You mean the LK mailing list FAQ? That would be me.
> Q: I've mounted filesystem in two different places and it worked. Why? > A: Because you've asked to do that. Yes, it works. No, it's not a bug. > > Q: what should I do to unmount it? > A: umount <mountpoint> > > Q: but that took care only of one of them. How can I deal with another? > A: umount <another_mountpoint>
Patches to the LKML FAQ accepted :-)
Regards,
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