On Sat, 9 Jul 2016 17:24:40 -0400 Jon LaBadie <jo...@jgcomp.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 09, 2016 at 02:21:05PM -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > Hi Jon, > > > > On Sat, 9 Jul 2016 13:26:48 -0400 Jon LaBadie <jo...@jgcomp.com> wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Jul 09, 2016 at 09:25:49AM -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > > I seem to have perhaps unwittingly sort of solved this problem: > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > I still get the warning, but now I am able to read and write to it. > > > > (The only change I did from what I was doing previously is that I > > > > explicitly set my mode to be -m 755 while mkdir-ing /mnt/box.) > > > > > > > > I certainly would like the warning to go away, so any suggestions > > > > to that effect would be appreciated! > > > > > > > > > > Is /etc/mtab a file or a symlink to /proc/mounts? The mount > > > manpage says it should be the link due to userspace problems. > > > > > > Alrernatively, add 2> /dev/null or use --no-mtab. > > > > > > > I tried -n for --no-mtab, but there was no difference. > > Note that the --no-mtab option was strangely not recognized. > > > > Many thanks, > > Ranjan > > > > What about /etc/mtab. Is it a file or a link????? > > BTW On my system /etc/mtab -> /proc/self/mounts despite > what the manpage says about pointing to /proc/mounts. > It is "not wrong" however, my /proc/mounts also points > to /proc/self/mounts. Yes, indeed. The same is true for me: lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 19 Feb 13 15:14 /etc/mtab -> ../proc/self/mounts Thanks, Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ Can't remember your password? Do you need a strong and secure password? Use Password manager! It stores your passwords & protects your account. Check it out at http://mysecurelogon.com/password-manager -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
