Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 21 Sep 2001 16:06:49 +0300 | From | VDA <> | Subject | smbmount is unfriendly to RO root fs |
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Hello Samba folks,
I keep my root fs RO. My /etc/mtab is symlinked to /proc/mounts.
When i try # mount -t smbfs //host/share /mnt mount fails trying to modify /etc/mtab.
# mount -n -t smbfs //host/share /mnt fails too ( -n is unsupported for smbmount)
Moreover, since I use automount, even fixing smbmount to support -n would not work: automount will not pass -n to smbmount.
The most sensible way to make smbmount work is to print some diagnostic ("can't update /etc/mtab") and continue.
And yes, I verified that with RW root fs it works. Given amount of troubles I have with RO root, I think not many people actually trying this (which is excellent security measure), and lots of tools break (ldconfig, /dev/log etc etc etc). -- Best regards, VDA mailto:VDA@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua
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