Hi, since udev-112 exports now the label encoding function, here is a proposed patch. This fixes the problem of user mounts when filsystems with unsafe characters are given via LABEL= in fstab. Matthias
mount: use encoded labels Use the volume_id_encode_string function for labels, which has been introduced in udev-112. Signed-Off-By: Matthias Koenig <mkoenig@xxxxxxx> Index: util-linux-ng-2.12r+git20070530/mount/fsprobe_volumeid.c =================================================================== --- util-linux-ng-2.12r+git20070530.orig/mount/fsprobe_volumeid.c +++ util-linux-ng-2.12r+git20070530/mount/fsprobe_volumeid.c @@ -113,11 +113,17 @@ const char * fsprobe_get_devname_by_label(const char *label) { char dev[PATH_MAX]; + char *enc_label; + size_t enc_size; if (!label) return NULL; - snprintf(dev, sizeof(dev), PATH_DEV_BYLABEL "/%s", label); + enc_size = 4*strlen(label); + enc_label = xmalloc(enc_size); + volume_id_encode_string(label, enc_label, enc_size); + snprintf(dev, sizeof(dev), PATH_DEV_BYLABEL "/%s", enc_label); + free(enc_label); return canonicalize(dev); }