[Bug 1108493] [NEW] Allowing ordinal values on mounting

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Public bug reported:

I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 dev with mount 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu6. On mounting a device like "mount /dev/sr0 '/media/sr 0'" /etc/mtab gets the following entry: /dev/sr0 /media/sr\0400 iso9660 ro 0 0
But if I'm trying to use the ordinal value 040 (space) on mounting I'm getting the following error:

root at ubuntu:~# mount /dev/sr0 '/media/sr\0400'
mount: mount point /media/sr\0400 does not exist

I think since mount uses ordinal values for /etc/mtab it should be able
to understand ordinal values on mounting too.

** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Allowing ordinal values on mounting

Status in “util-linux” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 dev with mount 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu6. On mounting a device like "mount /dev/sr0 '/media/sr 0'" /etc/mtab gets the following entry: /dev/sr0 /media/sr\0400 iso9660 ro 0 0
  But if I'm trying to use the ordinal value 040 (space) on mounting I'm getting the following error:

  root at ubuntu:~# mount /dev/sr0 '/media/sr\0400'
  mount: mount point /media/sr\0400 does not exist

  I think since mount uses ordinal values for /etc/mtab it should be
  able to understand ordinal values on mounting too.

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