Double mounting?
Stew Schneider
stew.schneider at gmail.com
Wed Sep 19 00:22:33 UTC 2007
D. Michael McIntyre wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 September 2007, Stew Schneider wrote:
>
>> I'm not real sure how that happened, but since no one but me can see
>> that (the Linux box is headless, and I'm the only one who knows how to
>> reach it), is there any harm in the double mounting?
>>
>
> Probably hotplug, udev or whatever picked up the drive and mounted it for you.
>
> Double mounting is harmless in of itself, although it can lead to confusion,
> and confusion can encourage stupidity. I don't think I'd be especially
> worried in the scenario you've outlined. Just remember what's what, and
> don't do anything stupid.
>
That's pretty much the way I analyzed it, up to the part about not doing
anything stupid. I have more stupid uptime than the server. Seems a
shame to .... you know...leave a tradition like that...
Thanks.
stew
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