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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/mount/mount.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/mount/mount.8 | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/mount/mount.8 b/sbin/mount/mount.8 index bda4ad1..4998b4a 100644 --- a/sbin/mount/mount.8 +++ b/sbin/mount/mount.8 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)mount.8 8.8 (Berkeley) 6/16/94 -.\" $Id: mount.8,v 1.18 1997/08/24 21:02:48 steve Exp $ +.\" $Id: mount.8,v 1.19 1997/09/27 13:44:12 kato Exp $ .\" .Dd June 16, 1994 .Dt MOUNT 8 @@ -154,6 +154,22 @@ mount the file system read-only (even the super-user may not write it). All .Tn I/O to the file system should be done synchronously. +.It suiddir +A directory on the mounted filesystem will respond to the SUID bit +being set, by setting the owner of any new files to be the same +as the owner of the directory. +New directories will inherit the bit from their parents. +Execute bits are removed from +the file, and it will not be given to root. +.Pp +This feature is designed for use on fileservers serving PC users via +ftp, SAMBA, or netatalk. It provides security holes for shell users and as +such should not be used on shell machines, especially on home directories. +This option requires the SUIDDIR +option in the kernel to work. Only UFS filesystems support this option. +See +.Xr chmod 2 +for more information. .It update The same as .Fl u ; |
