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Originally Posted by
Perderabo
I understand that /etc/mnttab is actually implemented as a screwy filesystem itself on Solaris. I read somewhere that:
umount /etc/mnttab
mount -F mntfs mnttab /etc/mnttab
might rebuild it. But I have never tried it. I guess you get to run the experiment.
Total success! Perderabo, you rule!
The umount failed (no surprise, the first thing it does is looks at the mnttab) but the mount worked perfectly - I now have a fully populated mnttab again.
That one's a completly new idea to me
- I'd never heard of the mntfs filesystem type before (or the bizaare idea of having the mnttab as a virtual filesystem). Solaris is a strange animal for sure.
I'd be keen to hear anyone's theory as to how I broke it in the first place though...