Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!humu!pegasus!pilikia!art From: art@pilikia.pegasus.com (Art Neilson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: mount points not special Message-ID: <1990Jul2.002149.2226@pilikia.pegasus.com> Date: 2 Jul 90 00:21:49 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Pilikia, Honolulu Lines: 8 X-Local-Date: 1 Jul 90 17:21:49 PDT This is perfectly normal, what do you expect to happen if you remove a directory a filesystem expects to be mounted on ? When mount tries to mount the filsystem on a non-existent directory, it of course will fail. Your best defense against rm is to set the directory and file permissions such that they cannot be rm'ed by your users. -- Arthur W. Neilson III | ARPA: art@pilikia.pegasus.com Bank of Hawaii Tech Support | UUCP: uunet!ucsd!nosc!pegasus!pilikia!art