VJ wrote: > That is not what I want. I do not wish to execute any statement apart > from the options in fstab. Sorry, but that's not the way Unix works. > Also the method you told does not work at all > because if the root mounts that partition, other uses cannot create > files/directories(I tested it, did you?) Yes. I've got a separate /tmp, too. I'm really not sure that you've done what you think you've done. Can you post the results of ls -la /tmp Thanks, James. -- E-mail address: james | Og just boggle how stupid spammer is. How stupid @westexe.demon.co.uk | spamhaus is. How stupid spamhaven is. Og thought | there was such thing as "evolution". How all these | stupid people still alive? Og boggle. Boggle Og. | -- Caveman Og