[linux-cifs-client] [PATCH] doc: add information about nounix mount option
Suresh Jayaraman
sjayaraman at suse.de
Fri Dec 18 05:32:20 MST 2009
Also clarify the use of UniqueID when serverino is used with nounix.
Thanks to Jeff Layton for explaining the no so clear details.
Signed-off-by: Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman at suse.de>
---
docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
index 372b477..aa62334 100644
--- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
@@ -483,6 +483,23 @@ permissions in memory that can't be stored on the server. This information can d
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term>nounix</term>
+ <listitem><para>Disable the CIFS Unix Extensions for this
+ mount. This can be useful in order to turn off multiple settings
+ all at once (i.e. POSIX acls, POSIX locks, POSIX paths, symlink
+ support and retrieving uids/gids/mode from the server) or to
+ workaround a bug in server that support the Unix Extensions.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When Unix Extensions are disabled and "serverino" mount option
+ is enabled there is no way to get the server inode number.
+ So a "UniqueID" from the server is used, instead. UniqueID's are
+ often greater than 2 power 32. To avoid this make sure you
+ build your programs with LFS support.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term>nouser_xattr</term>
<listitem><para>(default) Do not allow getfattr/setfattr to get/set xattrs, even if server would support it otherwise. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
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