From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mail-qa0-f44.google.com ([209.85.216.44]:39177 "EHLO mail-qa0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751456Ab3JaQHW (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:07:22 -0400 Received: by mail-qa0-f44.google.com with SMTP id cm18so4678271qab.10 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:07:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 12:07:19 -0400 From: Dave Reisner To: Phillip Susi Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: umount: it seems %s is mounted multiple times Message-ID: <20131031160719.GP735@rampage> References: <52727CF6.5050604@ubuntu.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <52727CF6.5050604@ubuntu.com> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:53:26AM -0400, Phillip Susi wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > When non root tries to umount a directory that has multiple mounts in > it, mount dies with this error message. Why is this? Why doesn't it > check for the user option and either give the permission error, or > allow the umount? I'd urge you to verify this behavior on the new umount tool. This error message is only thrown by the deprecated umount tool slated to be removed from util-linux between now and 2.25. Cheers, Dave