Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: util-linux
This is an enhancement request, not a bug report.
The request: Allow special characters in /etc/fstab to be represented
using either \xNN or \NNN hex or octal escapes (currently only the octal
form is accepted).
This will make /etc/fstab syntax compatible with the way disk labels are
displayed by udev in /dev/disk/by-label, which uses hex escapes.
For example, I have an external (ESATA) disk drive with an NTFS
partition labeled "Cavalry External Drive". After plugging it in, the
label can be seen as follows:
$ ls -l /dev/disk/by-label/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2010-10-27 11:15 'Cavalry\x20External\x20Drive' ->
../../sdc1
However, if the label is copied as-is to an /etc/fstab entry it won't work.
You have to translate to octal, like this:
LABEL=Cavalry\040External\040Drive /mnt auto rw,user,utf8 0 0
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: mount 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 27 11:16:35 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate amd64
(20100928)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: util-linux
** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug maverick
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Allow \0NN hex escapes in /etc/fstab for compatibility with /dev/disk/by-label
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667403
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