Where is etc mounted?

Where is etc mounted?

The programs mount and umount maintain a list of currently mounted filesystems in the file /etc/mtab . When the proc filesystem is mounted (say at /proc ), the files /etc/mtab and /proc/mounts have very similar contents.

How do I create a separate partition for TMP?

How to: Create and protect /tmp partition

1. Step 1: Getting started. Logon to our server and become root.
2. Step 2: Create the ‘partition’ file.
3. Step 3: Format the new ‘partition’
4. Step 4: Mount and protect the new filesystem.
5. Step 5: Add the new partition to /etc/fstab.
6. Step 6: Protect tmpfs as well.

What is etc folder for?

Now /etc folder means a central location for all your configuration files are located and this can be treated as nerve centre of your Linux/Unix machine.

How to move / opt etc to another partition?

1. If lacking sufficient drive space for the new partition, then make new space with a partitioning tool. 2. Create the new partition. 3. Mount the new partition to a temporary mount point (e.g., /mnt/opt). 4. Format and install the file system on the new partition (e.g., e2fsck). 5. Copy the contents of /opt to /mnt/opt.

Why is splitting files in / etc across partitions bad?

Splitting files in /etc across partitions is a bad idea for this reason. What is happening is that the groupadd utility is creating a temporary file, and then replacing the real /etc/groups file (or rather, what the symlink points to) with the temporary one via a simple rename operation.

Where are / etc files supposed to be?

/etc is meant to be on the root filesystem. The sane thing to do is to keep it that way. If you really really need to split /etc, you might get better results with a union mount.

How to create a symlink on a different partition?

What is happening is that the groupadd utility is creating a temporary file, and then replacing the real /etc/groups file (or rather, what the symlink points to) with the temporary one via a simple rename operation. The catch is that rename () only works on the same filesystem, otherwise it throws an error.