Ubuntu
util-linux package

mount complaining "Can't set permissions on mtab" in the read-only environment

Bug #156236 reported by Ondar
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: mount

In the read only environment is /etc/mtab symlink to /proc/mounts.
When trying to mount a share (example mount nfsserver:/share /mnt) mount fails complaining that it can not change permissions on /etc/mtab.
The correct behavior (at least how RHEL-4 seems to behave) is that mount should not attempt to modify mtab if symlink is detected (i.e should behave like mount -n).
Workaround: It is possible to use mount -n, but it is hard to apply with automounter

It was working it fiesty , but stopped working in Gutsy.
Ondrej

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Bernd Schubert (aakef) wrote :

Same trouble here, rather annoying.

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yoyoq (yoyoq) wrote :

any progress on this one?

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xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Sorry no-one got back to you. Is this still a problem? Can you try with Jaunty 9.04 please? Thank you.

Changed in util-linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in util-linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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