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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users /etc/mnttab is zero length - I have done a silly thing Post 302149288 by Smiling Dragon on Wednesday 5th of December 2007 01:37:00 PM

12-05-2007

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Originally Posted by porter

On Solaris 7 (I think) it behaved as just a file, where the mount/umount programs adjusted it, but the umount system call didn't touch it.

You could use the tried and tested Windows solution,..... reboot it.

Yeah I had that as my backup plan but I had a little time as it was still working (sort of) so I figured I'd try and find a cleaner fix Smilie

Interesting that the system call didn't update the mnttab in the old days, I could see that creating a bit of a potential mess. I've done very little work with sol7, went straight from 2.6 to 8 with the memorable exception of trying to run some NIS+ servers on 7 (shudder).

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