Bug 98580 - Problems with umounting floppy accindentally mounted in / (root)
Summary: Problems with umounting floppy accindentally mounted in / (root)
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: mount
Version: 9
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Elliot Lee
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-07-03 22:02 UTC by Sebastian Zavadschi
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:55 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Last Closed: 2003-07-30 20:34:26 UTC
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Description Sebastian Zavadschi 2003-07-03 22:02:18 UTC
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Description of problem:
Accidentally, I have typed "mount /dev/fd0 /" and after that, I can not umount
from root and I get the message "device is busy". I mounted again my root
partition, but /dev/fd0 is still mounted. I have no problem to use my Linux
without reboot, but my friends on Fr33B$D go to reboot their systems :-)

It's very strange... I know, the ROOT account have all the rights, but, how to
prevent from accidentally damages. I think, in this case, the "mount" command
must be limited with special parameters to do this operation.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mount-2.11y

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. mount /dev/fd0 /
2. umount -f /dev/fd0 (device is busy)
    

Actual Results:  The floppy is mounting on / and remain mounted until reboot.
I'm also able to re-mount my / partition back, but fd0 is still mounted.

Expected Results:  1. No access to vital mount poits
2. Or, somehow to unmount the device/filesystem

Additional info:

Comment 1 Elliot Lee 2003-07-30 20:34:26 UTC
Problem: administrator error
Solution: Don't do that


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