Change /etc/mtab to be a symbolic link to /proc/self/mounts.

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Bruce Dubbs 2013-05-14 21:25:54 +00:00
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<para>2013-05-14</para>
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<para>[bdubbs] - Change /etc/mtab to be a symbolic link
to /proc/self/mounts.</para>
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<para>2013-05-12</para>
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sed 's/tools/usr/' /tools/lib/libstdc++.la > /usr/lib/libstdc++.la
ln -sv bash /bin/sh</userinput></screen>
<para>A proper Linux system maintains a list of the mounted file systems in
the file <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>. Normally, this file would be
created when we mount a new file system. Since we will not be mounting any
file systems inside our chroot environment, create an empty file for
utilities that expect the presence of <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>:</para>
<para>Historically, Linux maintains a list of the mounted file systems in the
file <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>. Modern kernels maintain this list
internally and exposes it to the user via the <filename
class="directory">/proc</filename> filesystem. To satisfy utilities that
expect the presence of <filename>/etc/mtab</filename>, create the following
symbolic link:</para>
<screen><userinput>touch /etc/mtab</userinput></screen>
<screen><userinput>ln -sv /proc/self/mounts /etc/mtab</userinput></screen>
<para>In order for user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to be
able to login and for the name <quote>root</quote> to be recognized, there

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