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Re: mkfs problem (half resolved)

From Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: mkfs problem (half resolved)
Date 2019-03-10 19:10 +0100
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Le 10/03/2019 à 18:36, Pierre Frenkiel a écrit :
>>
> I said half-resolved, as I found a line with /dev/sdh1 in /etc/mtab.
> Removing it solved the problem, but remains the question:
>    why /etc/mtab was not updated?

What kind of system are you using ?

In current versions of Debian, /etc/mtab should be a symlink to 
/proc/mounts. As anything in /proc, this not a real file but an 
interface with the kernel. It should always be up to date and userland 
should not be able to write it.

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mkfs problem Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 17:10 +0100
  Re: mkfs problem Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-03-10 17:40 +0100
    Re: mkfs problem Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 19:50 +0100
  Re: mkfs problem Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-03-10 18:30 +0100
    Re: mkfs problem Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 19:50 +0100
  Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 18:40 +0100
    Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-03-10 19:10 +0100
      Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 20:00 +0100
        Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-03-10 20:40 +0100
          Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-10 22:00 +0100
            Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-03-10 23:50 +0100
              Re: mkfs problem (half resolved) Pierre Frenkiel <pierre.frenkiel@gmail.com> - 2019-03-11 00:00 +0100

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