From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:27091 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753103AbaGUI3K (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jul 2014 04:29:10 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:28:59 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: Bernhard Voelker Cc: "util-linux@vger.kernel.org" , =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E1draig?= Brady Subject: Re: mount.8: mtab as symlink Message-ID: <20140721082859.GD17373@x2.net.home> References: <53CCADA9.3020703@bernhard-voelker.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <53CCADA9.3020703@bernhard-voelker.de> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 08:05:29AM +0200, Bernhard Voelker wrote: > It is possible to replace /etc/mtab by a symbolic link to > /proc/mounts, and especially when you have very large numbers > of mounts things will be much faster with that symlink, but some > information is lost that way, and in particular using the "user" > option will fail. > > ... and is scared about the last sentence. > Is this still true? I don't have problems with mounting "user" Oops, this is really obsolete info. Fixed. Thanks! Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com