> > > My suggestion would be to change it from /etc/mtab to /mtab.d/mtab.
> >
> > Please, no. don't pollute the root (_especially_ with little one-use
> > directories like that).
>
> Unfortunately it is the best solution I can come up with.
>
> > /var is clearly the right place for this;
>
> Is it?
I would recommend to replace /etc/mtab with a pseudo-FS like Sun did
for /etc/mnttab:
# uname -rs
SunOS 5.8
# mount -p
...
mnttab - /etc/mnttab mntfs - no dev=39c0000
...
Regards,
Dominik
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