pmount, Jaunty: Error: '/' must not occur in label name

[ozonehole]

The error (which only occurs in Jaunty-beta) is best demonstrated by example:

bob@dell:~> pmount /dev/sdb1 /shared
Error: '/' must not occur in label name
bob@dell:~> cd /shared
bob@dell:/shared> ls
bob@dell:/shared>

Now look what happens when I use the "mount" command:

bob@dell:~> sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /shared
[sudo] password for bob:
bob@dell:~> cd /shared
bob@dell:/shared> ls
bob
bob@dell:/shared> cd bob
bob@dell:/shared/bob> ls
a fetchmail linux reviews
a2 fetchmailrc logs scripts
a3 fetchyahoorc lp singer

As you can see, the "mount" command allows me to mount my USB pen-drive on a directory named "/shared", but pmount doesn't work.

best regards,
Robert

[Vincent Fourmond (fourmond)]

Hmmmmmmm...

I sincerly suggest that you read the manual page: mounting is only authorized in the /media subdirectory, for security reasons. This will never change. If you must have a another mounting point, go ahead with sudo mount.

Cheers,

Vincent Fourmond (current pmount maintainer)