Debian bug report logs - #860 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#860: `only root can mount' can mean `already mounted' Reply-To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Sat, 06 May 1995 16:03:01 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: mount X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sat, 06 May 1995 16:03:01 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 050615574911321; Sat, 06 May 1995 15:57:50 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0s7mDl-00064NC; Sat, 6 May 95 08:56 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA04819 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sat, 6 May 1995 08:55:18 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0s7mDg-000C09C; Sat, 6 May 95 16:56 BST Received: by chiark id m0s7X3P-0000XBZ (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.30); Sat, 6 May 95 00:45 BST Message-Id: Date: Sat, 6 May 95 00:45 BST From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Debian bugs submission address Package: mount Version: 2.2-1 `mount' sometimes issues the message `only root can mount X on Y' when trying the mount as root correctly gives `x already mounted or y busy'. See the transcript below. chiark:~> mount /floppy/ mount: only root can mount /dev/fd0 on /floppy chiark:~> really mount /floppy/ mount: /dev/fd0 already mounted or /floppy busy chiark:~> mount /dev/sdb1 on / type ext2 (rw) /dev/sdb2 on /usr type ext2 (rw) /dev/sda8 on /var type ext2 (rw) /proc on /proc type proc (rw) /dev/sdb4 on /u type ext2 (rw) /dev/sdb5 on /u/tmp type ext2 (rw) /dev/sdb7 on /var/spool/news type ext2 (rw) /dev/sda4 on /u/ian/doom type msdos (rw,umask=007,uid=100,gid=100) /dev/sda7 on /u/ian/other type msdos (rw,umask=007,uid=100,gid=100) /dev/sda1 on /old type ext2 (rw) /dev/sda5 on /old/usr type ext2 (rw) /dev/sda2 on /usr/local/src/old type ext2 (rw) /dev/fd0 on /floppy type msdos (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,umask=007,uid=100,gid=100) chiark:~> id uid=100(ian) gid=100(ian) groups=100(ian),0(root),6(disk),8(mail),9(news),20(dialout),25(floppy),35(dos),40(src),50(staff),60(users),200(ian-p),201(ian-m),1000(ijackson) chiark:~> really id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=100(ian),0(root),6(disk),8(mail),9(news),20(dialout),25(floppy),35(dos),40(src),50(staff),60(users),200(ian-p),201(ian-m),1000(ijackson) chiark:~> ll -d /dev/fd0 /floppy brw-rw---- 1 root floppy 2, 0 Mar 30 21:18 /dev/fd0 drwxrwx--- 2 ian ian 7168 May 6 00:40 /floppy/ chiark:~> cat /etc/fstab /dev/sdb1 / ext2 defaults 0 1 /dev/sdb2 /usr ext2 defaults 0 2 /dev/sda8 /var ext2 defaults 0 2 /dev/sdb6 none swap sw proc /proc proc defaults /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos noauto,user,umask=007,uid=100,gid=100 /dev/scd0 /cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro /dev/sdb4 /u ext2 defaults 0 2 /dev/sdb5 /u/tmp ext2 defaults 0 2 /dev/sdb7 /var/spool/news ext2 defaults 0 2 /dev/sda4 /u/ian/doom msdos umask=007,uid=100,gid=100 /dev/sda7 /u/ian/other msdos umask=007,uid=100,gid=100 /dev/sda6 none ignore /dev/sda1 /old ext2 default 0 2 /dev/sda5 /old/usr ext2 defaults 0 2 /dev/sda2 /usr/local/src/old ext2 defaults 0 2 chiark:~> Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Subject: Bug#860: Acknowledgement (was: `only root can mount' can mean `already mounted') In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#860" or "Re: Bug#860" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov