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On 5/28/2009 7:03 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> I'm not really following this discussion closely but there should not,
> by default, be any entries for /usr/lib or /usr/bin in your /etc/fstab
> file.

I've actually come across one situation where things don't work right if 
those lines are missing.  I often use 'ssh admin-user AT localhost' to 
simulate 'su'.  After deleting the entry for /usr/bin from /etc/fstab, 
this produces the following:

-bash: /usr/bin/tr: No such file or directory
-bash: /usr/bin/sed: No such file or directory
$ ls /usr/bin
ls: cannot access /usr/bin: No such file or directory

The problem doesn't occur in the other direction.  In other words, if 
I'm logged in as an administrator and then do 'ssh 
non-admin-user AT localhost', there's no problem.  And everything is fine 
with the entry for /usr/bin restored to /etc/fstab.

Ken

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