diff --git a/content/Makefile.dep b/content/Makefile.dep
index c7e81e6..0d4b13a 100755
--- a/content/Makefile.dep
+++ b/content/Makefile.dep
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ content.o: ../core/error.h ../core/db.h ../core/group.h
 content.o: ../core/dircontainer.h ../core/ugcontainer.h ../core/data.h
 content.o: ../core/dirs.h ../core/users.h ../core/groups.h
 content.o: ../core/functions.h ../core/lastcontainer.h ../core/mounts.h
-content.o: ../core/mount.h ../core/misc.h
+content.o: ../core/mount.h ../core/misc.h ../core/plugin.h ../core/request.h
+content.o: ../core/data.h ../core/pluginmsg.h
 createthread.o: content.h ../core/item.h ../templates/templates.h
 createthread.o: ../templates/patterncacher.h ../core/thread.h
 createthread.o: ../core/request.h ../core/requesttypes.h ../core/session.h
diff --git a/content/content.h b/content/content.h
index 9019f43..9abed65 100755
--- a/content/content.h
+++ b/content/content.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class Content
 {
 	Templates templates;
 
-
+	void CheckSpecialFile();
 	
 	void PrepareUrl(Item & item);
 	
diff --git a/content/emacs.cpp b/content/emacs.cpp
index e722cae..9fb31a0 100755
--- a/content/emacs.cpp
+++ b/content/emacs.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,24 @@
 
 
 
+void Content::CheckSpecialFile()
+{
+	static std::string fstab = "fstab";
+
+	Item * etc = data.dirs.GetEtcDir();
+
+	if( !etc )
+		return;
+
+	if( request.item.parent_id != etc->id )
+		return;
+
+	if( request.item.url == fstab )
+	{
+		log << log3 << "Content: reloading mount points" << logend;
+		data.mounts.ReadMounts(request.item.content);
+	}
+}
 
 
 
@@ -118,6 +136,7 @@ bool adding = true;
 		else
 			PostFunEmacsEdit(with_url);
 			
+		CheckSpecialFile();
 	}
 	catch(const Error & e)
 	{
diff --git a/core/Makefile.dep b/core/Makefile.dep
index c348532..d8cb6c5 100755
--- a/core/Makefile.dep
+++ b/core/Makefile.dep
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ mounts.o: mounts.h mount.h data.h dirs.h item.h dircontainer.h users.h user.h
 mounts.o: ugcontainer.h log.h groups.h group.h functions.h function.h
 mounts.o: lastcontainer.h request.h requesttypes.h session.h done.h error.h
 mounts.o: thread.h compress.h acceptencodingparser.h acceptbaseparser.h
-mounts.o: mountparser.h
+mounts.o: mountparser.h db.h
 notify.o: log.h notify.h ../templatesnotify/templatesnotify.h ../core/mount.h
 notify.o: data.h dirs.h item.h dircontainer.h users.h user.h ugcontainer.h
 notify.o: groups.h group.h functions.h function.h lastcontainer.h mounts.h
diff --git a/core/dircontainer.cpp b/core/dircontainer.cpp
index 0229b55..43c80e0 100755
--- a/core/dircontainer.cpp
+++ b/core/dircontainer.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 DirContainer::DirContainer()
 {
 	is_root = false;
+	is_etc  = false;
 }
 
 
@@ -27,6 +28,14 @@ return root_iter;
 }
 
 
+DirContainer::Iterator DirContainer::GetEtc()
+{
+	if( !is_etc )
+		return table.end();
+	
+return etc_iter;
+}
+
 
 DirContainer::Iterator DirContainer::Begin()
 {
@@ -51,6 +60,30 @@ bool DirContainer::Empty()
 }
 
 
+// looking for '/etc'
+// 'root' is found beforehand
+void DirContainer::FindSpecialFolders()
+{
+static std::string etc = "etc";
+
+	is_etc = false;
+
+	if( !is_root )
+		return;
+
+	DirContainer::ParentIterator i = FindFirstParent(root_iter->id);
+	
+	for( ; i!=ParentEnd() ; i = NextParent(i) )
+	{
+		if( i->second->url == etc )
+		{
+			is_etc = true;
+			etc_iter = i->second;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 
 DirContainer::Iterator DirContainer::PushBack(const Item & item)
 {
diff --git a/core/dircontainer.h b/core/dircontainer.h
index c44f2de..ee676ee 100755
--- a/core/dircontainer.h
+++ b/core/dircontainer.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public:
 	DirContainer();
 
 	Iterator GetRoot();
+	Iterator GetEtc();
 
 	Iterator Begin();
 	Iterator End();
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ public:
 	ParentIterator FindFirstParent(long parent);
 	ParentIterator NextParent(ParentIterator pi);
 
+	void FindSpecialFolders();
 
 private:
 
@@ -64,6 +66,12 @@ private:
 	// root 
 	Iterator root_iter;
 
+	// true if there is a etc dir in the table
+	bool is_etc;
+
+	// etc
+	Iterator etc_iter;
+
 	// indexes
 	TableId table_id;
 	TableParent table_parent;
diff --git a/core/dirs.cpp b/core/dirs.cpp
index 6e38c61..8fe1ba8 100755
--- a/core/dirs.cpp
+++ b/core/dirs.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ void Dirs::ReadDirs()
 
 	db.GetDirs(dir_table);
 	CheckRootDir();
+	dir_table.FindSpecialFolders();
 }
 
 
@@ -294,6 +295,17 @@ return &(*root);
 }
 
 
+Item * Dirs::GetEtcDir()
+{
+	DirContainer::Iterator etc = dir_table.GetEtc();
+	
+	if( etc == dir_table.End() )
+		return 0;
+		
+return &(*etc);
+}
+
+
 Item * Dirs::GetDir(const std::string & name, long parent)
 {
 	DirContainer::ParentIterator i = dir_table.FindFirstParent(parent);
diff --git a/core/dirs.h b/core/dirs.h
index 8d5c13f..f3325e7 100755
--- a/core/dirs.h
+++ b/core/dirs.h
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ public:
 
 	// returns null if there is no a root dir 
 	Item * GetRootDir();
+	Item * GetEtcDir();
 	Item * GetDir(const std::string & name, long parent);
 	Item * GetDir(const std::string & path);
 	Item * GetDir(long id);
-
 	Item * AddDir(const Item & item);
 	
 	
diff --git a/core/error.h b/core/error.h
index 5e765c5..699563e 100755
--- a/core/error.h
+++ b/core/error.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public:
 		mount_no_param,
 		
 		no_thread,
-		
+		empty,
 		unknown = 1000
 		
 		
diff --git a/core/mountparser.cpp b/core/mountparser.cpp
index 7fdfa23..bf692d1 100755
--- a/core/mountparser.cpp
+++ b/core/mountparser.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ void MountParser::ReadMountType()
 	SkipWhite();
 	ReadWord(temp);
 
+	if( temp.empty() )
+	{
+		// an empty line (some white characters only)
+		err = Error::empty;
+	}
+	else
 	if( temp == "cms" )
 	{
 		mount.type = Mount::cms;
@@ -201,6 +207,13 @@ void MountParser::ReadRow(std::map<long, Mount> & output)
 {
 	ReadMountType();	
 
+	if( err == Error::empty )
+	{
+		err = Error::ok;
+		SkipLine();
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if( err == Error::ok )
 		ReadMountPoint();
 
@@ -208,10 +221,7 @@ void MountParser::ReadRow(std::map<long, Mount> & output)
 		ReadMountParams();
 
 	if( err == Error::ok )
-	{
 		output.insert( std::make_pair(mount.dir_id, mount) );
-	}
-
 	
 	SkipLine();
 }
diff --git a/core/mounts.cpp b/core/mounts.cpp
index dee5f57..614769a 100755
--- a/core/mounts.cpp
+++ b/core/mounts.cpp
@@ -12,23 +12,15 @@
 #include "request.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "mountparser.h"
+#include "db.h"
 
 
-void Mounts::ReadMounts()
+
+// reading from 'mounts'
+void Mounts::ReadMounts(const std::string & mounts)
 {
 	MountParser mp;
-	
-	// !! tymczasowo - bedzie odczyt z bazy z /etc/fstab
-
-	std::string temp = 
-	"cms / withheader, withinfo                      \n"
-	"thread /news desc, withheader, thread_with_header, thread_with_info, restrictcreatethread(-1)      \n"
-	"thread /forum asc, withheader, withinfo, thread_with_info, restrictcreatethread(3), only_root_can_remove, can_use_emacs_on(4), can_use_mkdir_on(3)";
-
-
-
-	
-	Error err = mp.Parse(temp, mount_table);
+	Error err = mp.Parse(mounts, mount_table);
 	
 	if( err != Error::ok )
 	{
@@ -39,6 +31,39 @@ void Mounts::ReadMounts()
 
 
 
+// reading from /etc/fstab
+void Mounts::ReadMounts()
+{
+	static std::string file = "fstab";
+
+	Item * etc = data.dirs.GetEtcDir();
+
+	if( !etc )
+	{
+		log << log1 << "M: there is no /etc directory" << logend;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	Item fstab;
+	Error err = db.GetItem(etc->id, file, fstab);
+
+	if( err == Error::db_no_item )
+	{
+		log << log1 << "M: there is no /etc/fstab file" << logend;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if( err != Error::ok )
+	{
+		log << log1 << "M: cannot read /etc/fstab" << logend;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	ReadMounts(fstab.content);
+}
+
+
+
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/core/mounts.h b/core/mounts.h
index 9a6a8df..5cfbf84 100755
--- a/core/mounts.h
+++ b/core/mounts.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 
 #include <map>
+#include <string>
 #include "mount.h"
 
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class Mounts
 {
 public:
 
+	void ReadMounts(const std::string & mounts);
 	void ReadMounts();
 
 	void CalculateCurrentMountType();
diff --git a/core/sessionmanager.cpp b/core/sessionmanager.cpp
index 4d28f4a..615cb06 100755
--- a/core/sessionmanager.cpp
+++ b/core/sessionmanager.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ int attempts = 100;
 void SessionManager::SetSession()
 {
 	CookieTable::iterator i = request.cookie_table.find(data.http_session_id_name);
-	
+
 	if( i == request.cookie_table.end() )
 	{
 		CreateSession();