Fred Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 07:23:26PM +0000, Ken Smith wrote: > >> >> Fred Smith wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 07:05:31PM +0000, Ken Smith wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi All and happy new year, >>>> >>>> {snip}) >>>> >>>> After the umount the directory vanishes. >>>> >>>> >>> I'd guess that something is rm-ing the mount point while it's mounted, >>> so that when you umount it, it disappears. >>> >>> >>> >> Indeed but what? :-( >> > I'd guess some unintended side-effect of the backup program/script. > > The bash commands in the earlier post are manually entered in a terminal. The cron job isn't active. Even if I set the file read only it vanishes ( eg chmod 500 /mnt/backup). Bug in umount? :-( Ken -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.