Bug 771183

Summary:	RFE: fix incorrect symlnk /etc/mtab
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Frank Murphy <frankly3d>
Component:	util-linux	Assignee:	Karel Zak <kzak>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	16	CC:	jonathan, kzak
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Description Frank Murphy 2012-01-02 11:15:24 UTC

Description of problem: dmesg: 
16.200199] systemd[1]: /etc/mtab is not a symlink or not pointing to /proc/self/mounts. This is not supported anymore. Please make sure to replace this file by a symlink to avoid incorrect or misleading mount(8)


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
util-linux-2.20.1-2.1.fc16

How reproducible: always on boot


Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot
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Actual results: shows error, as /etc/mtab is not a symlink but an actual file.


Expected results: fix symlink


Additional info: Box was upgraded from F15
workaround rm /etc/mtab 
ln -s /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab

Comment 1 Karel Zak 2012-01-10 12:16:28 UTC

That's strange, there is a post-install script in the util-linux.spec file to create the symlink.

Comment 2 Frank Murphy 2012-01-10 12:27:10 UTC

does it delete an existing mtab file?

Comment 3 Karel Zak 2012-01-10 16:18:35 UTC

%if %{mtab_symlink}
 rm -f /etc/mtab
 ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab
%else
 touch /etc/mtab
 /bin/chown root:root /etc/mtab
 /bin/chmod 0644 /etc/mtab
%endif