[CentOS] Disappearing directory

Fri Jan 3 15:12:00 UTC 2014
Dennis Jacobfeuerborn <dennisml at conversis.de>

On 03.01.2014 15:37, Leon Fauster wrote:
> Am 03.01.2014 um 15:04 schrieb Ken Smith <kens at kensnet.org>:
>> Leon Fauster wrote:
>>> Am 03.01.2014 um 08:57 schrieb Mauricio Tavares<raubvogel at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:19 PM, Leon Fauster
>>>> <leonfauster at googlemail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>> {snip}
>>>>       Even though it is a workaround - I myself like to use
>>>> /export/backup -- I do not think that solves the original question. At
>>>> work our fileserver, an ubuntu box, mounts its backup drive into
>>>> /mnt/backup just like Ken wants to do. And it works exactly as he
>>>> wants. I wonder if something is doing housecleaning in /mnt.
>>>>
>>>
>>> thats why i suggest to try it in backup. Thats not a solution, it is more
>>> a heuristic way to get close to the problem (after evaluating the results).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I tried it in /media. Same result. Its as if umount is doing a rm -rf
>
>
> please try /backup, /test or /random or something that is not /mnt or /media.
> The latter dirs are common to be under control by some "processes".

Also try to use /bin/umount instead of just umount. That way you prevent 
a potential alias for "umount" from running instead of the actual command.

Regards,
   Dennis