What did I do wrong to prevent the proper mounting of multiple /var/* directories ?
How can I prevent ghost mounts from occurring in the future ? I created a machine with the following partition schema: /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 /dev/hda5 on /home type ext3 /dev/hda7 on /var type ext3 /dev/hda9 on /usr type ext3 /dev/hda6 on /var/log type ext3 /dev/hda8 on /var/spool type ext3 I got the idea to do this from here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html On the first boot, all partitions were mounted. But, I noticed from a df -h that all partions were the same exact size: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 91M 26M 60M 30% / /dev/hda1 45M 6.8M 36M 16% /boot /dev/hda5 1.4G 34M 1.2G 3% /home /dev/hda7 2.8G 75M 2.5G 3% /var /dev/hda9 1.9G 418M 1.3G 23% /usr /dev/hda6 2.8G 75M 2.5G 3% /var/log /dev/hda8 2.8G 75M 2.5G 3% /var/spool It appears that /var/spool and /var/log did not mount properly. Moreover, I had some ghost mounts (mounts that said they were there, but when I did a unmount it said they weren't there). To fix the problem I did this: Moved the existing data from /var/spool and /var/log to a temp directory. I then removed the files that were created on boot /var/log/* /var/spool/* I then re-mounted /var/log/ /var/spool. I just checked - var spool is writing OK as of now Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 91M 26M 60M 30% / /dev/hda1 45M 6.8M 36M 16% /boot /dev/hda5 1.4G 34M 1.2G 3% /home /dev/hda7 2.8G 75M 2.5G 3% /var /dev/hda9 1.9G 418M 1.3G 23% /usr /dev/hda6 2.8G 46M 2.5G 2% /var/log /dev/hda8 2.8G 36M 2.5G 2% /var/spool # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> # <dump> <pass> /dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 #/dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto 0 0 #/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 rw 0 2 /dev/hda5 /home ext3 rw 0 2 /dev/hda6 /var/log ext3 rw 0 2 #source for idea #http://www.stahl.bau.tu-bs.de/~hildeb/postfix/ext3.shtml /dev/hda8 /var/spool ext3 rw,data=journal,noatime 0 2 /dev/hda7 /var ext3 rw 0 2 /dev/hda9 /usr ext3 rw 0 2 --------------------- Ted Knab
