Re: mount: Operation not permitted

could it be that the script is already running when it tries to run a
second time? are you running the script with root privileges?


On 29.11.21 22:33, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> I have a shell script that uses rsync to make backups of all of the
> several partitions on my main drive to a second removable drive.
> The script goes one-by-one through the partitions, mounting each
> corresponding backup partition in turn, running rsync, and then
> umount'ing that backup partition.
>
> Mostly this script works well, but every so often, seemingly at random, the
> mount command for one or more of the backup partitions fails for no apparently
> good reason, and I get the message "mount: Operation not permitted".  If I
> retry the same thing a little later it invariably works.
>
> What am I doing wrong and how can I fix it?
>