Bug 60867

Summary:	Unusual error message from eject
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Derek Tattersall <dlt>
Component:	util-linux	Assignee:	Elliot Lee <sopwith>
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Description Derek Tattersall 2002-03-08 01:22:22 UTC

Description of Problem:  Ejecting /dev/cdrom with CD-1 of Hampton, the following message
is seen, then the CD ejected..
cannot open /etc/mtab.tmp (Invalid argument) - mtab not updated

Occurrs as user or root.  User is member of Wheel group.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
eject-2.0.12-4

How Reproducible:
Happens every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Mount a data CD (Cd 1 works)
2.  type "eject" at command prompt
3.  Observe odd output

Actual Results:


Expected Results: Probably should not umount and eject as a regular user


Additional Information:

Comment 1 Than Ngo 2002-03-11 14:41:28 UTC

eject just uses mount and umount in util-linux. It'a bug in util-linux.  
I cannot reproduce it on my machine with eject-2.0.12-4 and mount-2.11n-7.

Comment 2 Elliot Lee 2002-03-11 16:11:58 UTC

Can't reproduce here either. Please see if running 'umount /dev/cdrom' directly
does anything different...

Comment 3 Elliot Lee 2002-03-11 16:14:07 UTC

Oh, and "Expected Results: Probably should not umount and eject as a regular
user" is an incorrect assumption, since the console user is specifically
supposed to be able to do things like this (and a bug was recently fixed that
allowed other users to do the umount...). If that is all the bug is, I can close it.

Comment 4 Derek Tattersall 2002-03-11 23:43:31 UTC

Since reinstalling the system several times, the odd message no longer appears.  
Therefor, I'll close the bug as WORKSFORME and go hide my head in shame.