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Bug 56185

Summary: failed to open /etc/mtab for reading
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Zing <shishz>
Component: tmpwatchAssignee: Mike A. Harris <mharris>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Ben Levenson <benl>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 7.2CC: aleksey, joerg, msterret, roma
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check for null return from setmntent()
none
drop last char of fulldirname if it is `/' when browsing through mtab otherwise /tmp would not be equal to /tmp/
none
sorry for the last patch..... this one is complete none

Description Zing 2001-11-13 18:09:25 UTC 
Description of Problem:
tmpwatch complains "failed to open /etc/mtab for reading"

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
tmpwatch-2.8-2

How Reproducible:
looks like you need an ext3 filesystem with a .journal file to reproduce 
this.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. /tmp is an ext3 filesystem with a .journal file
2. run "tmpwatch 240 /tmp"
3. get "failed to open /etc/mtab for reading"

Actual Results:
"failed to open /etc/mtab for reading"

Expected Results:
no error

Additional Information:
patch attached...
Comment 1 Zing 2001-11-13 18:10:44 UTC 
Created attachment 37402 [details]
check for null return from setmntent()
Comment 2 Preston Brown 2001-11-28 22:22:11 UTC 
fixed in 2.8.1 and later.  Shortly will be released as errata.
Comment 3 Aleksey Nogin 2001-12-11 17:46:48 UTC 
*** Bug 57317 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 Georgi Georgiev 2001-12-14 01:36:15 UTC 
Created attachment 40587 [details]
drop last char of fulldirname if it is `/' when browsing through mtab otherwise /tmp would not be equal to /tmp/
Comment 5 Georgi Georgiev 2001-12-14 02:13:28 UTC 
Created attachment 40588 [details]
sorry for the last patch..... this one is complete
Comment 6 Ben Levenson 2002-01-16 19:47:04 UTC 
Please download the errata RPMS from ftp://ftp.redhat.com.
(tmpwatch-2.8.1-1.i386.rpm) or 
update your system via Red Hat Network.