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Re: Suid mount helpers fail to anticipate RLIMIT_FSIZE


From: Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 22:46:51 -0500


One more option is to replace /etc/mtab regular file with a symlink to
/proc/mounts, thus making any /etc/mtab editing unneeded.



This is a very good point.  I'm not sure why /etc/mtab exists anymore
given /proc/mounts is a more reliable source for this information.

-Dan


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