Root filesystem is mounted as "read-only" during boot time, when there is a special character in any mount point name, (i.e. a space)

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Issue

  • Root filesystem is mounted as "read-only" during boot time, when any other mount point name ends with a space.
  • The following messages printed while mounting a file system, that has a space in the end of the mount point name:
<Month> <Day> <Time> <hostname> systemd[1]: client1.test.com-test\x20.mount: Where= setting doesn't match unit name. Refusing.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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