>For instance an administrator mounts /dev/hdd to /mnt so that he can >back up a partition to it. The next day he mounts a USB zip disk that >usually is not attached to the system to do something else.
I use "/mnt/tmp" for that. :-) > /mnt - temporary mount point for sysadmin use. > /mnt/* - mount points for sysadmin use. > /mounts/* - transient mount points for user use. If the sysadmin uses "/mnt" for a temporary mount point, then all of the "/mnt/*" mount points will be hidden. I've observed that a lot of people and a few distributions use mount points like /mnt/cdrom and /mnt/floppy and their /etc/fstab is configured for automounting them. Others use mount points in the root filesystem, which I think we are trying to avoid. I understand the merits of using "/mounts", but I would prefer taking the path of least disruption to current practices. Adding "/mnt/net/*" and "/mnt/local/*" seemed to be a reasonable extension. George (gk4)
