From d0082e294ce62cf63d5aa4738b8f999e18b04fff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: joerg Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:42:21 +0000 Subject: Mention the oddities and requirements for mount operations executed by non-root users. PR: docs/42651 Submitted by: Thomas Seck MFC after: 3 days --- sbin/mount/mount.8 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'sbin/mount') diff --git a/sbin/mount/mount.8 b/sbin/mount/mount.8 index da91c86..693d58d 100644 --- a/sbin/mount/mount.8 +++ b/sbin/mount/mount.8 @@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ Disable write clustering. Do not interpret character or block special devices on the file system. This option is useful for a server that has file systems containing special devices for architectures other than its own. +This option is set automatically when the user does not have super-user +privileges. .It Cm noexec Do not allow execution of any binaries on the mounted file system. This option is useful for a server that has file systems containing @@ -169,6 +171,7 @@ Note: this option is worthless if a public available suid or sgid wrapper like .Xr suidperl 1 is installed on your system. +It is set automatically when the user does not have super-user privileges. .It Cm nosymfollow Do not follow symlinks on the mounted file system. @@ -430,6 +433,7 @@ file system table .Xr mount_udf 8 , .Xr mount_umapfs 8 , .Xr mount_unionfs 8 , +.Xr sysctl 8 , .Xr umount 8 .Sh BUGS It is possible for a corrupted file system to cause a crash. -- cgit v1.1