From 2ac2cd8e045d4f1a1356181ab225166a4702c42a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steve French Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 04:38:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix some typos in the umount.cifs.8 man page --- docs/manpages/umount.cifs.8.xml | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manpages/umount.cifs.8.xml b/docs/manpages/umount.cifs.8.xml index 66aa2714c60..e4d59344520 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/umount.cifs.8.xml +++ b/docs/manpages/umount.cifs.8.xml @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ by the popular Open Source server Samba. - The umount.cifs utility detaches the local directory mount-pointfrom the corresponding UNC name (exported network resource) and frees the associated kernel resources. + The umount.cifs utility detaches the local directory mount-point from the corresponding UNC name (exported network resource) and frees the associated kernel resources. It is possible to set the mode for umount.cifs to setuid root (or equivalently update the /etc/permissions file) to allow non-root users to umount shares to directories for which they have write permission. The umount.cifs utility is typically not needed if unmounts need only be performed by root users, or if user mounts and unmounts @@ -83,16 +83,16 @@ For more information see the kernel file fs/cifs/README. BUGS - At this time umount.cifs does not lock the mount table using the same lock as the umount utility does, so do not attempt to do multiple unmounts from different processes (unmounts of a cifs mount and another type of filesystem mount at the same time. + At this time umount.cifs does not lock the mount table using the same lock as the umount utility does, so do not attempt to do multiple unmounts from different processes (and in particular unmounts of a cifs mount and another type of filesystem mount at the same time). - If the same mount point is mounted multiple times by cifs, umount.cifs will remove all of the matching entries from the mount table (although only actually unmount the last one), rather than only removing the last matching entry in /etc/mtab. The pseudofile /proc/mounts will display correct information though, and the lack of an entry in /etc/mtab does not prevent subsequent unmounts. + If the same mount point is mounted multiple times by cifs, umount.cifs will remove all of the matching entries from the mount table (although umount.cifs will actually only unmount the last one), rather than only removing the last matching entry in /etc/mtab. The pseudofile /proc/mounts will display correct information though, and the lack of an entry in /etc/mtab does not prevent subsequent unmounts. Note that the typical response to a bug report is a suggestion to try the latest version first. So please try doing that first, and always include which versions you use of relevant software -when reporting bugs (minimum: mount.cifs (try mount.cifs -V), kernel (see /proc/version) and +when reporting bugs (minimum: umount.cifs (try umount.cifs -V), kernel (see /proc/version) and server type you are trying to contact. @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ server type you are trying to contact. The syntax was loosely based on the umount utility and the manpage was loosely based on that of mount.cifs.8. The man page was created by Steve French The maintainer of the Linux cifs vfs and the userspace - tool mount.cifs is Steve French. + tool umount.cifs is Steve French. The Linux CIFS Mailing list is the preferred place to ask questions regarding these programs. -- 2.11.4.GIT