Hello Michael,

thanks for reporting this.

I'll investigate and get back to you later, if necessary.

Thanks, and best regards,
Peter Müller


> Hello,
> 
> I just installed the latest nightly build from the ISO image and /etc/mtab is a regular file.
> 
> Please see the attached screenshot.
> 
> 
> 
> -Michael
> 
>> On 12 Apr 2022, at 13:13, Michael Tremer <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>> On 12 Apr 2022, at 13:01, Peter Müller <peter.mueller(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Michael,
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>>> On 11 Apr 2022, at 20:14, Peter Müller <peter.mueller(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> mount, as updated via util-linux, no longer writes /etc/mtab, causing
>>>>> programs to rely on this file's content (such as the check_disk Nagios
>>>>> plugin) to stop working.
>>>>>
>>>>> /proc/self/mounts contains all the necessary information, so it is fine
>>>>> to replace /etc/mtab by a symlink to it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Fixes: #12843
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Peter Müller <peter.mueller(a)ipfire.org>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> config/rootfiles/core/167/update.sh | 4 ++++
>>>>> lfs/cdrom | 4 ++--
>>>>> lfs/stage2 | 3 ++-
>>>>> src/initscripts/system/mountfs | 6 ------
>>>>> src/initscripts/system/partresize | 6 ------
>>>>> 5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/167/update.sh b/config/rootfiles/core/167/update.sh
>>>>> index fdcb843cf..a9be60a1d 100644
>>>>> --- a/config/rootfiles/core/167/update.sh
>>>>> +++ b/config/rootfiles/core/167/update.sh
>>>>> @@ -337,6 +337,10 @@ hardlink -c -vv /lib/firmware
>>>>> # Regenerate all initrds
>>>>> dracut --regenerate-all --force
>>>>>
>>>>> +# Replace /etc/mtab by symlink as mount no longer writes it
>>>>> +rm -vf /etc/mtab
>>>>> +ln -vs /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab
>>>>
>>>> Okay. This would work.
>>>
>>> this sounds like you would have done that in another way...
>>
>> No, I just wanted to say something positive and as you know I don’t do this very often, so I am not very good at it :)
>>
>> This is the way to go.
>>
>>>>
>>>>> +
>>>>> # Rebuild IPS rules
>>>>> perl -e "require '/var/ipfire/ids-functions.pl'; &IDS::oinkmaster();"
>>>>> /etc/init.d/suricata reload
>>>>> diff --git a/lfs/cdrom b/lfs/cdrom
>>>>> index f35ff6a35..d84f8c23c 100644
>>>>> --- a/lfs/cdrom
>>>>> +++ b/lfs/cdrom
>>>>> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>>>>> ###############################################################################
>>>>> # #
>>>>> # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall #
>>>>> -# Copyright (C) 2007-2021 IPFire Team <info(a)ipfire.org> #
>>>>> +# Copyright (C) 2007-2022 IPFire Team <info(a)ipfire.org> #
>>>>> # #
>>>>> # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify #
>>>>> # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by #
>>>>> @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
>>>>>
>>>>> 	# Clear mtab (prevents .journal problems)
>>>>> 	rm -vf /etc/mtab
>>>>> -	echo > /etc/mtab
>>>>> +	ln -s /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab
>>>>
>>>> This however should not be required.
>>>
>>> Where does the symlink then come from on new installations?
>>
>> It will be part of the regular image like all the other symlinks, too.
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, and best regards,
>>> Peter Müller
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Shipping the symlink should be enough. It would be great to get rid of hacks like these.
>>>>
>>>>> 	# Create filelist for packaging.
>>>>> 	BUILDTARGET="$(BUILDTARGET)" BUILD_ARCH="$(BUILD_ARCH)" KVER="$(KVER)" \
>>>>> diff --git a/lfs/stage2 b/lfs/stage2
>>>>> index 9f93babe2..39697a848 100644
>>>>> --- a/lfs/stage2
>>>>> +++ b/lfs/stage2
>>>>> @@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ endif
>>>>> 	cp -rvf $(DIR_SRC)/config/etc/* /etc;
>>>>> 	[ ! -d "$(DIR_SRC)/config/etc-$(BUILD_ARCH)" ] || cp -rvf $(DIR_SRC)/config/etc-$(BUILD_ARCH)/* /etc
>>>>> 	cp -rvf $(DIR_SRC)/config/lib/* /lib;
>>>>> -	touch /etc/{fs,m}tab
>>>>> +	touch /etc/fstab
>>>>> +	ln -s /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab
>>>>> 	echo "$(NAME) v$(VERSION) - $(SLOGAN)" > /etc/issue
>>>>> 	echo "===============================" >> /etc/issue
>>>>> 	echo "\n running on \s \r \m" >> /etc/issue
>>>>> diff --git a/src/initscripts/system/mountfs b/src/initscripts/system/mountfs
>>>>> index b1533d6a2..81ed729c1 100644
>>>>> --- a/src/initscripts/system/mountfs
>>>>> +++ b/src/initscripts/system/mountfs
>>>>> @@ -31,12 +31,6 @@ case "${1}" in
>>>>> 		# Remove fsck-related file system watermarks.
>>>>> 		rm -f /fastboot /forcefsck
>>>>>
>>>>> -		boot_mesg "Create /etc/mtab..."
>>>>> -		> /etc/mtab
>>>>> -		mount -f / || failed=1
>>>>> -		(exit ${failed})
>>>>> -		evaluate_retval
>>>>> -
>>>>> 		# This will mount all filesystems that do not have _netdev in
>>>>> 		# their option list. _netdev denotes a network filesystem.
>>>>> 		boot_mesg "Mounting remaining file systems..."
>>>>> diff --git a/src/initscripts/system/partresize b/src/initscripts/system/partresize
>>>>> index 7605b9e2b..147405e1e 100644
>>>>> --- a/src/initscripts/system/partresize
>>>>> +++ b/src/initscripts/system/partresize
>>>>> @@ -30,12 +30,6 @@ case "${1}" in
>>>>> 			mount -o remount,rw / > /dev/null
>>>>> 			evaluate_retval
>>>>>
>>>>> -			boot_mesg "Create /etc/mtab..."
>>>>> -			> /etc/mtab
>>>>> -			mount -f / || failed=1
>>>>> -			(exit ${failed})
>>>>> -			evaluate_retval
>>>>> -
>>>>> 			# check if serial console enabled
>>>>> 			scon="off";
>>>>> 			if [ ! "$(grep "console=ttyS0" /proc/cmdline)" == "" ]; then
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> 2.34.1
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