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  • When fstab entries point to symlinks, can't they be exploited to mount anything without root, by just creating symlinks? Indirectly, isn't it just elevating mount command for every normal user?, and so the security issues associated with it? Correct me if I'm wrong. Commented Oct 18, 2015 at 4:20
  • And recent versions of GNU/Linux distros (say debian jessie) will not provide a gui login when it detects an invalid entry in fstab. It falls back to console login session if the device or the mountpoint section of fstab doesn't point to a valid entry. The user has to login via console session and enter startx to explicitly start a display manager. Commented Oct 18, 2015 at 4:49