On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> wrote: > On 2013-02-07 4:25 PM, Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> I think that a lot of people will misread that like I (we) did... > > >> I believe he is correct and /dev/shm is irrelevant for this discussion. > > > Ok, thanks, but... and no offense... > > I am not willing to gamble on breaking a remotely accessed server based on > someone's 'I believe that this is correct' comment. > > > When the news item says: > >> need to verify the fstype for possible /dev line in /etc/fstab is > >> devtmpfs (and not, for example, tmpfs) > > 'Possible /dev line' in no way is clear that it means a line that has ONLY > /dev on it. /dev/shm - which is also of type tmpfs - can easily be read to > be included. > > >> The important thing to note is that entries for precisely /dev and >> /proc > > > Mine has this in it: > >> # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! >> none /proc proc defaults 0 >> 0 > > > So, you're saying that this line, that is prefaced with a comment that says > it is CRITICAL FOR BOOT, is not even needed? > > This is a server that was initially installed back in 2005, so maybe this is > cruft that is no longer needed? > > Obviously I don't understand most of this stuff, so am at the mercy of those > more knowledgeable. > > Thanks, > > Charles > My kernel .config (linux-3.7.4-gentoo) has the following: CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT=y
I believe the automount is the important part, as I do recall someone else on this list missing that. My /etc/fstab has neither /dev nor /proc mounts, although my case may be different than yours. Alecks
