Picky format of "/etc/fstab" according to "mount" command
Didn't know where to report this. I looked at the source code, and it's full
of different names and email addresses -- so the Debian users list seemed like
a safe bet ...
The "mount" command seems to be rather picky about the format of the /etc/fstab file.
In particular, the "options" column. The comma-separated list of options can't
just a separated by commas -- each option must be separated by a comma and a space.
Example:
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(tao)hnine:/etc[503]$ cat fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#<filesys> <mnt pnt> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/dev/hdb3 / ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/hdb1 none swap sw 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb2 /home ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/sda1 /jaz ext2 defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 /dosc vfat defaults 0 2
/dev/hdd /cdrom iso9660 auto, async, dev, exec, ro, suid, user 0 0
/dev/fd0 /dosa msdos defaults, user 0 0
(tao)hnine:/etc[504]$ mount /cdrom
mount: block device /dev/hdd is write-protected, mounting read-only
(tao)hnine:/etc[505]$
(tao)hnine:/etc[505]$ mount # EVERTHING IS FINE HERE
/dev/hdb3 on / type ext2 (rw)
/proc on /proc type proc (rw)
/dev/hdb2 on /home type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /dosc type vfat (rw)
/dev/hdd on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro)
(tao)hnine:/etc[506]$
(tao)hnine:/etc[506]$
(tao)hnine:/etc[506]$ umount /cdrom
(tao)hnine:/etc[507]$
(tao)hnine:/etc[507]$ cat fstab # IT'S CHANGED! -- SPACES AFTER COMMAS TAKEN OUT
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#<filesys> <mnt pnt> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/dev/hdb3 / ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/hdb1 none swap sw 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb2 /home ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/sda1 /jaz ext2 defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 /dosc vfat defaults 0 2
/dev/hdd /cdrom iso9660 auto,async,dev,exec,ro,suid,user 0 0
/dev/fd0 /dosa msdos defaults, user 0 0
(tao)hnine:/etc[508]$
(tao)hnine:/etc[508]$ mount /cdrom
(tao)hnine:/etc[509]$
(tao)hnine:/etc[509]$ mount # OH, NO!
/dev/hdb3 on / type ext2 (rw)
/proc on /proc type proc (rw)
/dev/hdb2 on /home type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /dosc type vfat (rw)
/dev/hdd on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
(tao)hnine:/etc[510]$
(tao)hnine:/etc[510]$ umount /cdrom
(tao)hnine:/etc[511]$
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There is nothing I can see in the documentation about this...
Can mount be easily changed so that it's not so picky?
-- Harmon
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