On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Damjan <gdamjan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> * enable libmount >> >> With libmount we get support for /etc/mtab being both a regular file >> and a symlink to /proc/self/mountinfo. The latter is "the future", but >> we won't force that as not all mount helpers (such as cifs, fuse, ntfs >> and nfs) have been ported yet. If you don't use any of the unported >> mount helpers, you can delete /etc/mtab and make it a symlink >> manually. > > What is the expected problem with fuse filesystems when /etc/mtab is a > symlink? The problem would be with mount options that are not stored in the kernel (so not in /proc/self/mounts). With libmount these are stored in /run/monut/* instead, but if your helper does not use libmount they will be lost. One example is the "user" option. > I have /etc/mtab as a symlink for quite some time, since I moved to > systemd, and haven't > noticed any problems with encfs or sshfs - both of which are fuse > filesystems It might work fine depending on the options you use. Cheers, Tom
