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32 .\" @(#)mount.8 8.8 (Berkeley) 6/16/94
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41 .Nd mount file systems
46 .Op Fl t Ar ufs | external_type
53 .Op Fl t Ar ufs | external_type
60 system call to prepare and graft a
62 or the remote node (rhost:path) on to the file system tree at the point
68 are not provided, the appropriate information is taken from the
72 The system maintains a list of currently mounted file systems.
73 If no arguments are given to
77 The options are as follows:
78 .Bl -tag -width indent
80 All the filesystems described in
83 Exceptions are those marked as
87 flag (see below), or if they are already mounted (except the
88 root filesystem which is always remounted to preserve
89 traditional single user mode behavior).
91 Causes everything to be done except for the actual system call.
92 This option is useful in conjunction with the
97 command is trying to do.
99 Forces the revocation of write access when trying to downgrade
100 a filesystem mount status from read-write to read-only.
102 forces the R/W mount of an unclean filesystem (dangerous; use with
105 Options are specified with a
107 flag followed by a comma separated string of options.
108 In case of conflicting options being specified, the rightmost option
110 The following options are available:
111 .Bl -tag -width indent
115 to the file system should be done asynchronously.
119 and should not be used unless you are prepared to recreate the file
120 system should your system crash.
124 flag, this is the same as specifying the options currently in effect for
125 the mounted filesystem.
129 forces the revocation of write access when trying to downgrade
130 a filesystem mount status from read-write to read-only.
132 forces the R/W mount of an unclean filesystem (dangerous; use with caution).
136 flag, this is the same as specifying all the options listed in the
138 file for the filesystem.
140 Metadata I/O should be done synchronously, while data I/O should be done
144 Do not update the file access time when reading from a file.
146 is useful on filesystems where there are large numbers of files and
147 performance is more critical than updating the file access time (which is
148 rarely ever important).
149 This option is currently only supported on local filesystems.
151 This filesystem should be skipped when
157 Disable read clustering.
159 Disable write clustering.
161 Do not interpret character or block special devices on the file system.
162 This option is useful for a server that has file systems containing
163 special devices for architectures other than its own.
164 This option is set automatically when the user does not have super-user
167 Do not allow execution of any binaries on the mounted file system.
168 This option is useful for a server that has file systems containing
169 binaries for architectures other than its own.
171 Do not allow set-user-identifier or set-group-identifier bits to take effect.
172 Note: this option is worthless if a public available suid or sgid
175 is installed on your system.
176 It is set automatically when the user does not have super-user privileges.
178 Do not follow symlinks
179 on the mounted file system.
183 mount the file system read-only (even the super-user may not write it).
187 to the file system should be done synchronously.
189 A directory on the mounted filesystem will respond to the SUID bit
190 being set, by setting the owner of any new files to be the same
191 as the owner of the directory.
192 New directories will inherit the bit from their parents.
193 Execute bits are removed from
194 the file, and it will not be given to root.
196 This feature is designed for use on fileservers serving PC users via
197 ftp, SAMBA, or netatalk.
198 It provides security holes for shell users and as
199 such should not be used on shell machines, especially on home directories.
200 This option requires the SUIDDIR
201 option in the kernel to work.
204 filesystems support this option.
207 for more information.
211 indicate that the status of an already mounted file system should be changed.
213 Causes the namespace at the mount point to appear as the union
214 of the mounted filesystem root and the existing directory.
215 Lookups will be done in the mounted filesystem first.
216 If those operations fail due to a non-existent file the underlying
217 directory is then accessed.
218 All creates are done in the mounted filesystem.
224 Any additional options specific to a filesystem type that is not
225 one of the internally known types (see the
227 option) may be passed as a comma separated list; these options are
228 distinguished by a leading
231 Options that take a value are specified using the syntax -option=value.
235 .Bd -literal -offset indent
236 mount -t mfs -o nosuid,-N,-s=4000 /dev/dk0b /tmp
241 to execute the equivalent of:
242 .Bd -literal -offset indent
243 /sbin/mount_mfs -o nosuid -N -s 4000 /dev/dk0b /tmp
246 Additional options specific to filesystem types
247 which are not internally known
248 (see the description of the
251 may be described in the manual pages for the associated
252 .Pa /sbin/mount_ Ns Sy XXX
255 Print mount information in
258 If fstab is missing or if the freq and passno fields are omitted,
259 the default values as described in
266 The file system is to be mounted read-only.
267 Mount the file system read-only (even the super-user may not write it).
273 .It Fl t Ar ufs | external_type
274 The argument following the
276 is used to indicate the file system type.
283 to indicate that the actions should only be taken on
284 filesystems of the specified type.
285 More than one type may be specified in a comma separated list.
286 The list of filesystem types can be prefixed with
288 to specify the filesystem types for which action should
294 .Bd -literal -offset indent
295 mount -a -t nonfs,mfs
298 mounts all filesystems except those of type
303 If the type is not one of the internally known types,
305 will attempt to execute a program in
306 .Pa /sbin/mount_ Ns Sy XXX
309 is replaced by the type name.
310 For example, nfs filesystems are mounted by the program
311 .Pa /sbin/mount_nfs .
313 Most filesystems will be dynamically loaded by their
316 if not already present in the kernel, using the
319 Because this mechanism requires writable temporary space,
320 the filesystem type containing
322 must be compiled into the kernel, and the filesystems containing
328 before any filesystems which might be dynamically loaded.
332 flag indicates that the status of an already mounted file
333 system should be changed.
334 Any of the options discussed above (the
338 also a file system can be changed from read-only to read-write
340 An attempt to change from read-write to read-only will fail if any
341 files on the filesystem are currently open for writing unless the
343 flag is also specified.
344 The set of options is determined by applying the options specified
347 and finally applying the
355 The file system object is to be read and write.
358 .Bl -tag -width /etc/fstab -compact
363 Various, most of them are self-explanatory.
365 .Dl XXXXX filesystem is not available
367 The kernel does not support the respective filesystem type.
369 support for a particular filesystem might be provided either on a static
370 (kernel compile-time), or dynamic basis (loaded as a kernel module by
374 or its subprocesses attempt to dynamically load a filesystem module if
375 it has not been configured statically, using
377 In this case, the above error message can also mean that you did not
378 have permission to load the module.
390 .Xr mount_linprocfs 8 ,
408 the permissions on the original mount point determine if
410 is accessible from the mounted file system.
411 The minimum permissions for
412 the mount point for traversal across the mount point in both
413 directions to be possible for all users is 0111 (execute for all).
420 It is possible for a corrupted file system to cause a crash.