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31= mount(8)
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36:command: mount
37
38== NAME
39
40mount - mount a filesystem
41
42== SYNOPSIS
43
44*mount* [*-h*|*-V*]
45
46*mount* [*-l*] [*-t* _fstype_]
47
48*mount* *-a* [*-fFnrsvw*] [*-t* _fstype_] [*-O* _optlist_]
49
50*mount* [*-fnrsvw*] [*-o* _options_] _device_|_mountpoint_
51
52*mount* [*-fnrsvw*] [*-t* _fstype_] [*-o* _options_] _device mountpoint_
53
54*mount* *--bind*|*--rbind*|*--move* _olddir newdir_
55
56*mount* *--make*-[*shared*|*slave*|*private*|*unbindable*|*rshared*|*rslave*|*rprivate*|*runbindable*] _mountpoint_
57
58== DESCRIPTION
59
60All files accessible in a Unix system are arranged in one big tree, the file hierarchy, rooted at _/_. These files can be spread out over several devices. The *mount* command serves to attach the filesystem found on some device to the big file tree. Conversely, the umount8 command will detach it again. The filesystem is used to control how data is stored on the device or provided in a virtual way by network or other services.
61
62The standard form of the *mount* command is:
63
64____
65*mount -t* _type device dir_
66____
67
68This tells the kernel to attach the filesystem found on _device_ (which is of type _type_) at the directory _dir_. The option *-t* _type_ is optional. The *mount* command is usually able to detect a filesystem. The root permissions are necessary to mount a filesystem by default. See section "Non-superuser mounts" below for more details. The previous contents (if any) and owner and mode of _dir_ become invisible, and as long as this filesystem remains mounted, the pathname _dir_ refers to the root of the filesystem on _device_.
69
70If only the directory or the device is given, for example:
71
72____
73*mount /dir*
74____
75
76then *mount* looks for a mountpoint (and if not found then for a device) in the _/etc/fstab_ file. It's possible to use the *--target* or *--source* options to avoid ambiguous interpretation of the given argument. For example:
77
78____
79*mount --target /mountpoint*
80____
81
82The same filesystem may be mounted more than once, and in some cases (e.g., network filesystems) the same filesystem may be mounted on the same mountpoint multiple times. The *mount* command does not implement any policy to control this behavior. All behavior is controlled by the kernel and it is usually specific to the filesystem driver. The exception is *--all*, in this case already mounted filesystems are ignored (see *--all* below for more details).
83
84=== Listing the mounts
85
86The listing mode is maintained for backward compatibility only.
87
88For more robust and customizable output use *findmnt*(8), *especially in your scripts*. Note that control characters in the mountpoint name are replaced with '?'.
89
90The following command lists all mounted filesystems (of type _type_):
91
92____
93*mount* [*-l*] [*-t* _type_]
94____
95
96The option *-l* adds labels to this listing. See below.
97
98=== Indicating the device and filesystem
99
100Most devices are indicated by a filename (of a block special device), like _/dev/sda1_, but there are other possibilities. For example, in the case of an NFS mount, _device_ may look like _knuth.cwi.nl:/dir_.
101
102The device names of disk partitions are unstable; hardware reconfiguration, and adding or removing a device can cause changes in names. This is the reason why it's strongly recommended to use filesystem or partition identifiers like UUID or LABEL. Currently supported identifiers (tags):
103
104____
105LABEL=__label__::
106 Human readable filesystem identifier. See also *-L*.
107UUID=__uuid__::
108 Filesystem universally unique identifier. The format of the UUID is usually a series of hex digits separated by hyphens. See also *-U*. +
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110 Note that *mount* uses UUIDs as strings. The UUIDs from the command line or from *fstab*(5) are not converted to internal binary representation. The string representation of the UUID should be based on lower case characters.
111PARTLABEL=__label__::
112 Human readable partition identifier. This identifier is independent on filesystem and does not change by mkfs or mkswap operations It's supported for example for GUID Partition Tables (GPT).
113PARTUUID=__uuid__::
114 Partition universally unique identifier. This identifier is independent on filesystem and does not change by mkfs or mkswap operations It's supported for example for GUID Partition Tables (GPT).
115ID=__id__::
116 Hardware block device ID as generated by udevd. This identifier is usually based on WWN (unique storage identifier) and assigned by the hardware manufacturer. See *ls /dev/disk/by-id* for more details, this directory and running udevd is required. This identifier is not recommended for generic use as the identifier is not strictly defined and it depends on udev, udev rules and hardware.
117____
118
119The command *lsblk --fs* provides an overview of filesystems, LABELs and UUIDs on available block devices. The command *blkid -p <device>* provides details about a filesystem on the specified device.
120
121Don't forget that there is no guarantee that UUIDs and labels are really unique, especially if you move, share or copy the device. Use *lsblk -o +UUID,PARTUUID* to verify that the UUIDs are really unique in your system.
122
123The recommended setup is to use tags (e.g. *UUID*=_uuid_) rather than _/dev/disk/by-{label,uuid,id,partuuid,partlabel}_ udev symlinks in the _/etc/fstab_ file. Tags are more readable, robust and portable. The mount8 command internally uses udev symlinks, so the use of symlinks in _/etc/fstab_ has no advantage over tags. For more details see *libblkid*(3).
124
125The _proc_ filesystem is not associated with a special device, and when mounting it, an arbitrary keyword - for example, __proc__ - can be used instead of a device specification. (The customary choice _none_ is less fortunate: the error message `none already mounted' from *mount* can be confusing.)
126
127=== The files /etc/fstab, /etc/mtab and /proc/mounts
128
129The file _/etc/fstab_ (see *fstab*(5)), may contain lines describing what devices are usually mounted where, using which options. The default location of the *fstab*(5) file can be overridden with the *--fstab* _path_ command-line option (see below for more details).
130
131The command
132
133____
134*mount -a* [*-t* _type_] [*-O* _optlist_]
135____
136
137(usually given in a bootscript) causes all filesystems mentioned in _fstab_ (of the proper type and/or having or not having the proper options) to be mounted as indicated, except for those whose line contains the *noauto* keyword. Adding the *-F* option will make *mount* fork, so that the filesystems are mounted in parallel.
138
139When mounting a filesystem mentioned in _fstab_ or _mtab_, it suffices to specify on the command line only the device, or only the mount point.
140
141The programs *mount* and *umount*(8) traditionally maintained a list of currently mounted filesystems in the file _/etc/mtab_. The support for regular classic _/etc/mtab_ is completely disabled at compile time by default, because on current Linux systems it is better to make _/etc/mtab_ a symlink to _/proc/mounts_ instead. The regular _mtab_ file maintained in userspace cannot reliably work with namespaces, containers and other advanced Linux features. If the regular _mtab_ support is enabled, then it's possible to use the file as well as the symlink.
142
143If no arguments are given to *mount*, the list of mounted filesystems is printed.
144
145If you want to override mount options from _/etc/fstab_, you have to use the *-o* option:
146
147____
148*mount* __device__****|__dir__ *-o* _options_
149____
150
151and then the mount options from the command line will be appended to the list of options from _/etc/fstab_. This default behaviour can be changed using the *--options-mode* command-line option. The usual behavior is that the last option wins if there are conflicting ones.
152
153The *mount* program does not read the _/etc/fstab_ file if both _device_ (or LABEL, UUID, ID, PARTUUID or PARTLABEL) and _dir_ are specified. For example, to mount device *foo* at */dir*:
154
155____
156*mount /dev/foo /dir*
157____
158
159This default behaviour can be changed by using the *--options-source-force* command-line option to always read configuration from _fstab_. For non-root users *mount* always reads the _fstab_ configuration.
160
161=== Non-superuser mounts
162
163Normally, only the superuser can mount filesystems. However, when _fstab_ contains the *user* option on a line, anybody can mount the corresponding filesystem.
164
165Thus, given a line
166
167____
168*/dev/cdrom /cd iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide*
169____
170
171any user can mount the iso9660 filesystem found on an inserted CDROM using the command:
172
173____
174*mount /cd*
175____
176
177Note that *mount* is very strict about non-root users and all paths specified on command line are verified before _fstab_ is parsed or a helper program is executed. It's strongly recommended to use a valid mountpoint to specify filesystem, otherwise *mount* may fail. For example it's a bad idea to use NFS or CIFS source on command line.
178
179Since util-linux 2.35, *mount* does not exit when user permissions are inadequate according to libmount's internal security rules. Instead, it drops suid permissions and continues as regular non-root user. This behavior supports use-cases where root permissions are not necessary (e.g., fuse filesystems, user namespaces, etc).
180
181For more details, see fstab5. Only the user that mounted a filesystem can unmount it again. If any user should be able to unmount it, then use *users* instead of *user* in the _fstab_ line. The *owner* option is similar to the *user* option, with the restriction that the user must be the owner of the special file. This may be useful e.g. for _/dev/fd_ if a login script makes the console user owner of this device. The *group* option is similar, with the restriction that the user must be a member of the group of the special file.
182
183=== Bind mount operation
184
185Remount part of the file hierarchy somewhere else. The call is:
186
187____
188*mount --bind* _olddir newdir_
189____
190
191or by using this _fstab_ entry:
192
193____
194**/**__olddir__ **/**__newdir__ *none bind*
195____
196
197After this call the same contents are accessible in two places.
198
199It is important to understand that "bind" does not create any second-class or special node in the kernel VFS. The "bind" is just another operation to attach a filesystem. There is nowhere stored information that the filesystem has been attached by a "bind" operation. The _olddir_ and _newdir_ are independent and the _olddir_ may be unmounted.
200
201One can also remount a single file (on a single file). It's also possible to use a bind mount to create a mountpoint from a regular directory, for example:
202
203____
204*mount --bind foo foo*
205____
206
207The bind mount call attaches only (part of) a single filesystem, not possible submounts. The entire file hierarchy including submounts can be attached a second place by using:
208
209____
210*mount --rbind* _olddir newdir_
211____
212
213Note that the filesystem mount options maintained by the kernel will remain the same as those on the original mount point. The userspace mount options (e.g., _netdev) will not be copied by *mount* and it's necessary to explicitly specify the options on the *mount* command line.
214
215Since util-linux 2.27 *mount* permits changing the mount options by passing the relevant options along with *--bind*. For example:
216
217____
218*mount -o bind,ro foo foo*
219____
220
221This feature is not supported by the Linux kernel; it is implemented in userspace by an additional *mount*(2) remounting system call. This solution is not atomic.
222
223The alternative (classic) way to create a read-only bind mount is to use the remount operation, for example:
224
225____
226*mount --bind* _olddir newdir_ *mount -o remount,bind,ro* _olddir newdir_
227____
228
229Note that a read-only bind will create a read-only mountpoint (VFS entry), but the original filesystem superblock will still be writable, meaning that the _olddir_ will be writable, but the _newdir_ will be read-only.
230
231It's also possible to change nosuid, nodev, noexec, noatime, nodiratime and relatime VFS entry flags via a "remount,bind" operation. The other flags (for example filesystem-specific flags) are silently ignored. It's impossible to change mount options recursively (for example with *-o rbind,ro*).
232
233Since util-linux 2.31, *mount* ignores the *bind* flag from _/etc/fstab_ on a *remount* operation (if "-o remount" is specified on command line). This is necessary to fully control mount options on remount by command line. In previous versions the bind flag has been always applied and it was impossible to re-define mount options without interaction with the bind semantic. This *mount* behavior does not affect situations when "remount,bind" is specified in the _/etc/fstab_ file.
234
235=== The move operation
236
237Move a *mounted tree* to another place (atomically). The call is:
238
239____
240*mount --move* _olddir newdir_
241____
242
243This will cause the contents which previously appeared under _olddir_ to now be accessible under _newdir_. The physical location of the files is not changed. Note that _olddir_ has to be a mountpoint.
244
245Note also that moving a mount residing under a shared mount is invalid and unsupported. Use *findmnt -o TARGET,PROPAGATION* to see the current propagation flags.
246
247=== Shared subtree operations
248
249Since Linux 2.6.15 it is possible to mark a mount and its submounts as shared, private, slave or unbindable. A shared mount provides the ability to create mirrors of that mount such that mounts and unmounts within any of the mirrors propagate to the other mirror. A slave mount receives propagation from its master, but not vice versa. A private mount carries no propagation abilities. An unbindable mount is a private mount which cannot be cloned through a bind operation. The detailed semantics are documented in _Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt_ file in the kernel source tree; see also *mount_namespaces*(7).
250
251Supported operations are:
252
253....
254mount --make-shared mountpoint
255mount --make-slave mountpoint
256mount --make-private mountpoint
257mount --make-unbindable mountpoint
258....
259
260The following commands allow one to recursively change the type of all the mounts under a given mountpoint.
261
262....
263mount --make-rshared mountpoint
264mount --make-rslave mountpoint
265mount --make-rprivate mountpoint
266mount --make-runbindable mountpoint
267....
268
269mount8 *does not read* fstab5 when a *--make-** operation is requested. All necessary information has to be specified on the command line.
270
271Note that the Linux kernel does not allow changing multiple propagation flags with a single *mount*(2) system call, and the flags cannot be mixed with other mount options and operations.
272
273Since util-linux 2.23 the *mount* command can be used to do more propagation (topology) changes by one *mount*(8) call and do it also together with other mount operations. This feature is EXPERIMENTAL. The propagation flags are applied by additional *mount*(2) system calls when the preceding mount operations were successful. Note that this use case is not atomic. It is possible to specify the propagation flags in *fstab*(5) as mount options (*private*, *slave*, *shared*, *unbindable*, *rprivate*, *rslave*, *rshared*, *runbindable*).
274
275For example:
276
277....
278mount --make-private --make-unbindable /dev/sda1 /foo
279....
280
281is the same as:
282
283....
284mount /dev/sda1 /foo
285mount --make-private /foo
286mount --make-unbindable /foo
287....
288
289== COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
290
291The full set of mount options used by an invocation of *mount* is determined by first extracting the mount options for the filesystem from the _fstab_ table, then applying any options specified by the *-o* argument, and finally applying a *-r* or *-w* option, when present.
292
293The *mount* command does not pass all command-line options to the **/sbin/mount.**__suffix__ mount helpers. The interface between *mount* and the mount helpers is described below in the section *EXTERNAL HELPERS*.
294
295Command-line options available for the *mount* command are:
296
297*-a*, *--all*::
298 Mount all filesystems (of the given types) mentioned in _fstab_ (except for those whose line contains the *noauto* keyword). The filesystems are mounted following their order in _fstab_. The *mount* command compares filesystem source, target (and fs root for bind mount or btrfs) to detect already mounted filesystems. The kernel table with already mounted filesystems is cached during *mount --all*. This means that all duplicated _fstab_ entries will be mounted. +
d315cc4d 299 {nbsp} +
14179682 300 The option *--all* is possible to use for remount operation too. In this case all filters (*-t* and *-O*) are applied to the table of already mounted filesystems. +
d315cc4d 301 {nbsp} +
14179682 302 Since version 2.35 is possible to use the command line option *-o* to alter mount options from _fstab_ (see also *--options-mode*). +
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304 Note that it is a bad practice to use *mount -a* for _fstab_ checking. The recommended solution is *findmnt --verify*.
305
306*-B*, *--bind*::
307 Remount a subtree somewhere else (so that its contents are available in both places). See above, under *Bind mounts*.
308
309*-c*, *--no-canonicalize*::
310 Don't canonicalize paths. The *mount* command canonicalizes all paths (from the command line or _fstab_) by default. This option can be used together with the *-f* flag for already canonicalized absolute paths. The option is designed for mount helpers which call *mount -i*. It is strongly recommended to not use this command-line option for normal mount operations. +
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312 Note that *mount* does not pass this option to the **/sbin/mount.**__type__ helpers.
313
314*-F*, *--fork*::
315 (Used in conjunction with *-a*.) Fork off a new incarnation of *mount* for each device. This will do the mounts on different devices or different NFS servers in parallel. This has the advantage that it is faster; also NFS timeouts proceed in parallel. A disadvantage is that the order of the mount operations is undefined. Thus, you cannot use this option if you want to mount both _/usr_ and _/usr/spool_.
316
317*-f, --fake*::
318 Causes everything to be done except for the actual system call; if it's not obvious, this "fakes" mounting the filesystem. This option is useful in conjunction with the *-v* flag to determine what the *mount* command is trying to do. It can also be used to add entries for devices that were mounted earlier with the *-n* option. The *-f* option checks for an existing record in _/etc/mtab_ and fails when the record already exists (with a regular non-fake mount, this check is done by the kernel).
319
320*-i, --internal-only*::
321 Don't call the **/sbin/mount.**__filesystem__ helper even if it exists.
322
323*-L*, *--label* _label_::
324 Mount the partition that has the specified _label_.
325
326*-l*, *--show-labels*::
327 Add the labels in the mount output. *mount* must have permission to read the disk device (e.g. be set-user-ID root) for this to work. One can set such a label for ext2, ext3 or ext4 using the *e2label*(8) utility, or for XFS using *xfs_admin*(8), or for reiserfs using *reiserfstune*(8).
328
329*-M*, *--move*::
330 Move a subtree to some other place. See above, the subsection *The move operation*.
331
332*-n*, *--no-mtab*::
333 Mount without writing in `/etc/mtab`. This is necessary for example when `/etc` is on a read-only filesystem.
334
335*-N*, *--namespace* _ns_::
336 Perform the mount operation in the mount namespace specified by _ns_. _ns_ is either PID of process running in that namespace or special file representing that namespace. +
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14179682 338 *mount* switches to the mount namespace when it reads _/etc/fstab_, writes _/etc/mtab: (or writes to _/run/mount_) and calls the *mount*(2) system call, otherwise it runs in the original mount namespace. This means that the target namespace does not have to contain any libraries or other requirements necessary to execute the *mount*(2) call. +
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340 See *mount_namespaces*(7) for more information.
341
342*-O*, *--test-opts* _opts_::
343 Limit the set of filesystems to which the *-a* option applies. In this regard it is like the *-t* option except that *-O* is useless without *-a*. For example, the command +
d315cc4d 344 {nbsp} +
14179682 345 *mount -a -O no_netdev* +
d315cc4d 346 {nbsp} +
14179682 347 mounts all filesystems except those which have the option _netdev_ specified in the options field in the _/etc/fstab_ file. +
d315cc4d 348 {nbsp} +
14179682 349 It is different from *-t* in that each option is matched exactly; a leading *no* at the beginning of one option does not negate the rest. +
d315cc4d 350 {nbsp} +
14179682 351 The *-t* and *-O* options are cumulative in effect; that is, the command +
d315cc4d 352 {nbsp} +
14179682 353 *mount -a -t ext2 -O _netdev* +
d315cc4d 354 {nbsp} +
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355 mounts all ext2 filesystems with the _netdev option, not all filesystems that are either ext2 or have the _netdev option specified.
356
357*-o*, *--options* _opts_::
358 Use the specified mount options. The _opts_ argument is a comma-separated list. For example: +
d315cc4d 359 {nbsp} +
14179682 360 *mount LABEL=mydisk -o noatime,nodev,nosuid* +
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362 For more details, see the *FILESYSTEM-INDEPENDENT MOUNT OPTIONS* and *FILESYSTEM-SPECIFIC MOUNT OPTIONS* sections.
363
364*--options-mode* _mode_::
365 Controls how to combine options from _fstab_/_mtab_ with options from the command line. _mode_ can be one of *ignore*, *append*, *prepend* or *replace*. For example, *append* means that options from _fstab_ are appended to options from the command line. The default value is *prepend* -- it means command line options are evaluated after _fstab_ options. Note that the last option wins if there are conflicting ones.
366
367*--options-source* _source_::
368 Source of default options. _source_ is a comma-separated list of *fstab*, *mtab* and *disable*. *disable* disables *fstab* and *mtab* and disables *--options-source-force*. The default value is *fstab,mtab*.
369
370*--options-source-force*::
371 Use options from _fstab_/_mtab_ even if both _device_ and _dir_ are specified.
372
373*-R*, *--rbind*::
374 Remount a subtree and all possible submounts somewhere else (so that its contents are available in both places). See above, the subsection *Bind mounts*.
375
376*-r*, *--read-only*::
377 Mount the filesystem read-only. A synonym is *-o ro*. +
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379 Note that, depending on the filesystem type, state and kernel behavior, the system may still write to the device. For example, ext3 and ext4 will replay the journal if the filesystem is dirty. To prevent this kind of write access, you may want to mount an ext3 or ext4 filesystem with the *ro,noload* mount options or set the block device itself to read-only mode, see the *blockdev*(8) command.
380
381*-s*::
382 Tolerate sloppy mount options rather than failing. This will ignore mount options not supported by a filesystem type. Not all filesystems support this option. Currently it's supported by the *mount.nfs* mount helper only.
383
384*--source* _device_::
385 If only one argument for the *mount* command is given, then the argument might be interpreted as the target (mountpoint) or source (device). This option allows you to explicitly define that the argument is the mount source.
386
387*--target* _directory_::
388 If only one argument for the mount command is given, then the argument might be interpreted as the target (mountpoint) or source (device). This option allows you to explicitly define that the argument is the mount target.
389
390*--target-prefix* _directory_::
391 Prepend the specified directory to all mount targets. This option can be used to follow _fstab_, but mount operations are done in another place, for example: +
d315cc4d 392 {nbsp} +
14179682 393 *mount --all --target-prefix /chroot -o X-mount.mkdir* +
d315cc4d 394 {nbsp} +
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395 mounts all from system _fstab_ to `/chroot`, all missing mountpoint are created (due to X-mount.mkdir). See also *--fstab* to use an alternative _fstab_.
396
397*-T*, *--fstab* _path_::
398 Specifies an alternative _fstab_ file. If _path_ is a directory, then the files in the directory are sorted by *strverscmp*(3); files that start with "." or without an _.fstab_ extension are ignored. The option can be specified more than once. This option is mostly designed for initramfs or chroot scripts where additional configuration is specified beyond standard system configuration. +
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400 Note that *mount* does not pass the option *--fstab* to the **/sbin/mount.**__type__ helpers, meaning that the alternative _fstab_ files will be invisible for the helpers. This is no problem for normal mounts, but user (non-root) mounts always require _fstab_ to verify the user's rights.
401
402*-t*, *--types* _fstype_::
403 The argument following the *-t* is used to indicate the filesystem type. The filesystem types which are currently supported depend on the running kernel. See _/proc/filesystems_ and _/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/fs_ for a complete list of the filesystems. The most common are ext2, ext3, ext4, xfs, btrfs, vfat, sysfs, proc, nfs and cifs. +
d315cc4d 404 {nbsp} +
14179682 405 The programs *mount* and *umount*(8) support filesystem subtypes. The subtype is defined by a '.subtype' suffix. For example 'fuse.sshfs'. It's recommended to use subtype notation rather than add any prefix to the mount source (for example 'sshfs#example.com' is deprecated). +
d315cc4d 406 {nbsp} +
14179682 407 If no *-t* option is given, or if the *auto* type is specified, *mount* will try to guess the desired type. *mount* uses the *libblkid*(3) library for guessing the filesystem type; if that does not turn up anything that looks familiar, *mount* will try to read the file _/etc/filesystems_, or, if that does not exist, _/proc/filesystems_. All of the filesystem types listed there will be tried, except for those that are labeled "nodev" (e.g. _devpts_, _proc_ and _nfs_). If _/etc/filesystems_ ends in a line with a single +++*+++, mount will read _/proc/filesystems_ afterwards. While trying, all filesystem types will be mounted with the mount option *silent*. +
d315cc4d 408 {nbsp} +
14179682 409 The *auto* type may be useful for user-mounted floppies. Creating a file _/etc/filesystems_ can be useful to change the probe order (e.g., to try vfat before msdos or ext3 before ext2) or if you use a kernel module autoloader. +
d315cc4d 410 {nbsp} +
14179682 411 More than one type may be specified in a comma-separated list, for the *-t* option as well as in an _/etc/fstab_ entry. The list of filesystem types for the *-t* option can be prefixed with *no* to specify the filesystem types on which no action should be taken. The prefix *no* has no effect when specified in an _/etc/fstab_ entry. +
d315cc4d 412 {nbsp} +
14179682 413 The prefix *no* can be meaningful with the *-a* option. For example, the command +
d315cc4d 414 {nbsp} +
14179682 415 *mount -a -t nomsdos,smbfs* +
d315cc4d 416 {nbsp} +
14179682 417 mounts all filesystems except those of type _msdos_ and _smbfs_. +
d315cc4d 418 {nbsp} +
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419 For most types all the *mount* program has to do is issue a simple *mount*(2) system call, and no detailed knowledge of the filesystem type is required. For a few types however (like nfs, nfs4, cifs, smbfs, ncpfs) an ad hoc code is necessary. The nfs, nfs4, cifs, smbfs, and ncpfs filesystems have a separate mount program. In order to make it possible to treat all types in a uniform way, *mount* will execute the program **/sbin/mount.**__type__ (if that exists) when called with type _type_. Since different versions of the *smbmount* program have different calling conventions, */sbin/mount.smbfs* may have to be a shell script that sets up the desired call.
420
421*-U*, *--uuid* _uuid_::
422 Mount the partition that has the specified _uuid_.
423
424*-v*, *--verbose*::
425 Verbose mode.
426
427*-w*, *--rw*, *--read-write*::
428 Mount the filesystem read/write. Read-write is the kernel default and the *mount* default is to try read-only if the previous mount syscall with read-write flags on write-protected devices of filesystems failed. +
d315cc4d 429 {nbsp} +
14179682 430 A synonym is *-o rw*. +
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432 Note that specifying *-w* on the command line forces *mount* to never try read-only mount on write-protected devices or already mounted read-only filesystems.
433
434*-V*, *--version*::
435 Display version information and exit.
436
437*-h*, *--help*::
438 Display help text and exit.
439
440== FILESYSTEM-INDEPENDENT MOUNT OPTIONS
441
442Some of these options are only useful when they appear in the _/etc/fstab_ file.
443
444Some of these options could be enabled or disabled by default in the system kernel. To check the current setting see the options in _/proc/mounts_. Note that filesystems also have per-filesystem specific default mount options (see for example *tune2fs -l* output for ext_N_ filesystems).
445
446The following options apply to any filesystem that is being mounted (but not every filesystem actually honors them NDASH e.g., the *sync* option today has an effect only for ext2, ext3, ext4, fat, vfat, ufs and xfs):
447
448*async*::
449 All I/O to the filesystem should be done asynchronously. (See also the *sync* option.)
450
451*atime*::
452 Do not use the *noatime* feature, so the inode access time is controlled by kernel defaults. See also the descriptions of the *­relatime* and *strictatime* mount options.
453
454*noatime*::
455 Do not update inode access times on this filesystem (e.g. for faster access on the news spool to speed up news servers). This works for all inode types (directories too), so it implies *­nodiratime*.
456
457*auto*::
458 Can be mounted with the *-a* option.
459
460*noauto*::
461 Can only be mounted explicitly (i.e., the *-a* option will not cause the filesystem to be mounted).
462
463**context=**__context__, **fscontext=**__context__, **defcontext=**__context__, and **­rootcontext=**__context__::
464 The *context=* option is useful when mounting filesystems that do not support extended attributes, such as a floppy or hard disk formatted with VFAT, or systems that are not normally running under SELinux, such as an ext3 or ext4 formatted disk from a non-SELinux workstation. You can also use *context=* on filesystems you do not trust, such as a floppy. It also helps in compatibility with xattr-supporting filesystems on earlier 2.4.<x> kernel versions. Even where xattrs are supported, you can save time not having to label every file by assigning the entire disk one security context. +
d315cc4d 465 {nbsp} +
14179682 466 A commonly used option for removable media is *­context="system_u:object_r:removable_t*. +
d315cc4d 467 {nbsp} +
14179682 468 Two other options are *fscontext=* and *defcontext=*, both of which are mutually exclusive of the *context=* option. This means you can use fscontext and defcontext with each other, but neither can be used with context. +
d315cc4d 469 {nbsp} +
14179682 470 The *fscontext=* option works for all filesystems, regardless of their xattr support. The fscontext option sets the overarching filesystem label to a specific security context. This filesystem label is separate from the individual labels on the files. It represents the entire filesystem for certain kinds of permission checks, such as during mount or file creation. Individual file labels are still obtained from the xattrs on the files themselves. The context option actually sets the aggregate context that fscontext provides, in addition to supplying the same label for individual files. +
d315cc4d 471 {nbsp} +
14179682 472 You can set the default security context for unlabeled files using *defcontext=* option. This overrides the value set for unlabeled files in the policy and requires a filesystem that supports xattr labeling. +
d315cc4d 473 {nbsp} +
14179682 474 The *rootcontext=* option allows you to explicitly label the root inode of a FS being mounted before that FS or inode becomes visible to userspace. This was found to be useful for things like stateless Linux. +
d315cc4d 475 {nbsp} +
14179682 476 Note that the kernel rejects any remount request that includes the context option, *even* when unchanged from the current context. +
d315cc4d 477 {nbsp} +
14179682 478 *Warning: the* _context_ *value might contain commas*, in which case the value has to be properly quoted, otherwise mount8 will interpret the comma as a separator between mount options. Don't forget that the shell strips off quotes and thus *double quoting is required*. For example: +
d315cc4d 479 {nbsp} +
14179682 480 mount -t tmpfs none /mnt -o \ +
d315cc4d 481 {nbsp} +
14179682 482 'context="system_u:object_r:tmp_t:s0:c127,c456",noexec' +
d315cc4d 483 {nbsp} +
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484 For more details, see *selinux*(8).
485
486*defaults*::
487 Use the default options: *rw*, *suid*, *dev*, *exec*, *auto*, *nouser*, and *async*. +
d315cc4d 488 {nbsp} +
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489 Note that the real set of all default mount options depends on the kernel and filesystem type. See the beginning of this section for more details.
490
491*dev*::
492 Interpret character or block special devices on the filesystem.
493
494*nodev*::
495 Do not interpret character or block special devices on the filesystem.
496
497*diratime*::
498 Update directory inode access times on this filesystem. This is the default. (This option is ignored when *noatime* is set.)
499
500*nodiratime*::
501 Do not update directory inode access times on this filesystem. (This option is implied when *noatime* is set.)
502
503*dirsync*::
504 All directory updates within the filesystem should be done synchronously. This affects the following system calls: *creat*(2), *link*(2), *unlink*(2), *symlink*(2), *mkdir*(2), *rmdir*(2), *mknod*(2) and *rename*(2).
505
506*exec*::
507 Permit execution of binaries.
508
509*noexec*::
510 Do not permit direct execution of any binaries on the mounted filesystem.
511
512*group*::
513 Allow an ordinary user to mount the filesystem if one of that user's groups matches the group of the device. This option implies the options *nosuid* and *nodev* (unless overridden by subsequent options, as in the option line *group,dev,suid*).
514
515*iversion*::
516 Every time the inode is modified, the i_version field will be incremented.
517
518*noiversion*::
519 Do not increment the i_version inode field.
520
521*mand*::
522 Allow mandatory locks on this filesystem. See *fcntl*(2).
523
524*nomand*::
525 Do not allow mandatory locks on this filesystem.
526
527*_netdev*::
528 The filesystem resides on a device that requires network access (used to prevent the system from attempting to mount these filesystems until the network has been enabled on the system).
529
530*nofail*::
531 Do not report errors for this device if it does not exist.
532
533*relatime*::
534 Update inode access times relative to modify or change time. Access time is only updated if the previous access time was earlier than the current modify or change time. (Similar to *­noatime*, but it doesn't break *mutt*(1) or other applications that need to know if a file has been read since the last time it was modified.) +
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536 Since Linux 2.6.30, the kernel defaults to the behavior provided by this option (unless *­noatime* was specified), and the *­strictatime* option is required to obtain traditional semantics. In addition, since Linux 2.6.30, the file's last access time is always updated if it is more than 1 day old.
537
538*norelatime*::
539 Do not use the *relatime* feature. See also the *strictatime* mount option.
540
541*strictatime*::
542 Allows to explicitly request full atime updates. This makes it possible for the kernel to default to *­relatime* or *­noatime* but still allow userspace to override it. For more details about the default system mount options see _/proc/mounts_.
543
544*nostrictatime*::
545 Use the kernel's default behavior for inode access time updates.
546
547*lazytime*::
548 Only update times (atime, mtime, ctime) on the in-memory version of the file inode. +
d315cc4d 549 {nbsp} +
14179682 550 This mount option significantly reduces writes to the inode table for workloads that perform frequent random writes to preallocated files. +
d315cc4d 551 {nbsp} +
14179682 552 The on-disk timestamps are updated only when: +
d315cc4d 553 {nbsp} +
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554 * the inode needs to be updated for some change unrelated to file timestamps
555 * the application employs *fsync*(2), *syncfs*(2), or *sync*(2)
556 * an undeleted inode is evicted from memory
557 * more than 24 hours have passed since the inode was written to disk.
558
559*nolazytime*::
560 Do not use the lazytime feature.
561
562*suid*::
563 Honor set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits or file capabilities when executing programs from this filesystem.
564
565*nosuid*::
566 Do not honor set-user-ID and set-group-ID bits or file capabilities when executing programs from this filesystem.
567
568*silent*::
569 Turn on the silent flag.
570
571*loud*::
572 Turn off the silent flag.
573
574*owner*::
575 Allow an ordinary user to mount the filesystem if that user is the owner of the device. This option implies the options *nosuid* and *nodev* (unless overridden by subsequent options, as in the option line *owner,dev,suid*).
576
577*remount*::
578 Attempt to remount an already-mounted filesystem. This is commonly used to change the mount flags for a filesystem, especially to make a readonly filesystem writable. It does not change device or mount point. +
d315cc4d 579 {nbsp} +
14179682 580 The remount operation together with the *bind* flag has special semantics. See above, the subsection *Bind mounts*. +
d315cc4d 581 {nbsp} +
14179682 582 The remount functionality follows the standard way the *mount* command works with options from _fstab_. This means that *mount* does not read _fstab_ (or _mtab_) only when both _device_ and _dir_ are specified. +
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583 {nbsp} +
584 *mount -o remount,rw /dev/foo /dir* +
585 {nbsp} +
14179682 586 After this call all old mount options are replaced and arbitrary stuff from _fstab_ (or _mtab_) is ignored, except the loop= option which is internally generated and maintained by the mount command. +
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587 {nbsp} +
588 *mount -o remount,rw /dir* +
589 {nbsp} +
14179682 590 After this call, mount reads _fstab_ and merges these options with the options from the command line (*-o*). If no mountpoint is found in _fstab_, then a remount with unspecified source is allowed. +
d315cc4d 591 {nbsp} +
14179682 592 *mount* allows the use of *--all* to remount all already mounted filesystems which match a specified filter (*-O* and *-t*). For example: +
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593 {nbsp} +
594 *mount --all -o remount,ro -t vfat* +
595 {nbsp} +
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596 remounts all already mounted vfat filesystems in read-only mode. Each of the filesystems is remounted by *mount -o remount,ro /dir* semantic. This means the *mount* command reads _fstab_ or _mtab_ and merges these options with the options from the command line.
597
598*ro*::
599 Mount the filesystem read-only.
600
601*rw*::
602 Mount the filesystem read-write.
603
604*sync*::
605 All I/O to the filesystem should be done synchronously. In the case of media with a limited number of write cycles (e.g. some flash drives), *sync* may cause life-cycle shortening.
606
607*user*::
608 Allow an ordinary user to mount the filesystem. The name of the mounting user is written to the _mtab_ file (or to the private libmount file in `/run/mount` on systems without a regular _mtab_) so that this same user can unmount the filesystem again. This option implies the options *noexec*, *nosuid*, and *nodev* (unless overridden by subsequent options, as in the option line *user,exec,dev,suid*).
609
610*nouser*::
611 Forbid an ordinary user to mount the filesystem. This is the default; it does not imply any other options.
612
613*users*::
614 Allow any user to mount and to unmount the filesystem, even when some other ordinary user mounted it. This option implies the options *noexec*, *nosuid*, and *nodev* (unless overridden by subsequent options, as in the option line *users,exec,dev,suid*).
615
616*X-**::
617 All options prefixed with "X-" are interpreted as comments or as userspace application-specific options. These options are not stored in user space (e.g., _mtab_ file), nor sent to the mount._type_ helpers nor to the *mount*(2) system call. The suggested format is **X-**__appname__._option_.
618
619*x-**::
620 The same as *X-** options, but stored permanently in user space. This means the options are also available for *umount*(8) or other operations. Note that maintaining mount options in user space is tricky, because it's necessary use libmount-based tools and there is no guarantee that the options will be always available (for example after a move mount operation or in unshared namespace). +
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622 Note that before util-linux v2.30 the x-* options have not been maintained by libmount and stored in user space (functionality was the same as for X-* now), but due to the growing number of use-cases (in initrd, systemd etc.) the functionality has been extended to keep existing _fstab_ configurations usable without a change.
623
624*X-mount.mkdir*[=_mode_]::
625 Allow to make a target directory (mountpoint) if it does not exit yet. The optional argument _mode_ specifies the filesystem access mode used for *mkdir*(2) in octal notation. The default mode is 0755. This functionality is supported only for root users or when mount executed without suid permissions. The option is also supported as x-mount.mkdir, this notation is deprecated since v2.30.
626
627*nosymfollow*::
628 Do not follow symlinks when resolving paths. Symlinks can still be created, and *readlink*(1), *readlink*(2), *realpath*(1), and *realpath*(3) all still work properly.
629
630== FILESYSTEM-SPECIFIC MOUNT OPTIONS
631
632This section lists options that are specific to particular filesystems. Where possible, you should first consult filesystem-specific manual pages for details. Some of those pages are listed in the following table.
633
634[cols=",",options="header",]
635|===
636|*Filesystem(s)* |*Manual page*
637|btrfs |*btrfs*(5)
638|cifs |*mount.cifs*(8)
639|ext2, ext3, ext4 |*ext4*(5)
640|fuse |*fuse*(8)
641|nfs |*nfs*(5)
642|tmpfs |*tmpfs*(5)
643|xfs |*xfs*(5)
644|===
645
646Note that some of the pages listed above might be available only after you install the respective userland tools.
647
648The following options apply only to certain filesystems. We sort them by filesystem. All options follow the *-o* flag.
649
650What options are supported depends a bit on the running kernel. Further information may be available in filesystem-specific files in the kernel source subdirectory _Documentation/filesystems_.
651
652=== Mount options for adfs
653
654**uid=**__value__ and **gid=**__value__::
655 Set the owner and group of the files in the filesystem (default: uid=gid=0).
656
657**ownmask=**__value__ and **othmask=**__value__::
658 Set the permission mask for ADFS 'owner' permissions and 'other' permissions, respectively (default: 0700 and 0077, respectively). See also _/usr/src/linux/Documentation/filesystems/adfs.rst_.
659
660=== Mount options for affs
661
662**uid=**__value__ and **gid=**__value__::
663 Set the owner and group of the root of the filesystem (default: uid=gid=0, but with option *uid* or *gid* without specified value, the UID and GID of the current process are taken).
664
665**setuid=**__value__ and **setgid=**__value__::
666 Set the owner and group of all files.
667
668**mode=**__value__::
669 Set the mode of all files to _value_ & 0777 disregarding the original permissions. Add search permission to directories that have read permission. The value is given in octal.
670
671*protect*::
672 Do not allow any changes to the protection bits on the filesystem.
673
674*usemp*::
675 Set UID and GID of the root of the filesystem to the UID and GID of the mount point upon the first sync or umount, and then clear this option. Strange...
676
677*verbose*::
678 Print an informational message for each successful mount.
679
680**prefix=**__string__::
681 Prefix used before volume name, when following a link.
682
683**volume=**__string__::
684 Prefix (of length at most 30) used before '/' when following a symbolic link.
685
686**reserved=**__value__::
687 (Default: 2.) Number of unused blocks at the start of the device.
688
689**root=**__value__::
690 Give explicitly the location of the root block.
691
692**bs=**__value__::
693 Give blocksize. Allowed values are 512, 1024, 2048, 4096.
694
695**grpquota**|**noquota**|**quota**|*usrquota*::
696 These options are accepted but ignored. (However, quota utilities may react to such strings in _/etc/fstab_.)
697
698=== Mount options for debugfs
699
700The debugfs filesystem is a pseudo filesystem, traditionally mounted on _/sys/kernel/debug_. As of kernel version 3.4, debugfs has the following options:
701
702**uid=**__n__**, gid=**__n__::
703 Set the owner and group of the mountpoint.
704
705**mode=**__value__::
706 Sets the mode of the mountpoint.
707
708=== Mount options for devpts
709
710The devpts filesystem is a pseudo filesystem, traditionally mounted on _/dev/pts_. In order to acquire a pseudo terminal, a process opens _/dev/ptmx_; the number of the pseudo terminal is then made available to the process and the pseudo terminal slave can be accessed as _/dev/pts/_<number>.
711
712**uid=**__value__ and **gid=**__value__::
713 This sets the owner or the group of newly created pseudo terminals to the specified values. When nothing is specified, they will be set to the UID and GID of the creating process. For example, if there is a tty group with GID 5, then *gid=5* will cause newly created pseudo terminals to belong to the tty group.
714
715**mode=**__value__::
716 Set the mode of newly created pseudo terminals to the specified value. The default is 0600. A value of *mode=620* and *gid=5* makes "mesg y" the default on newly created pseudo terminals.
717
718*newinstance*::
719 Create a private instance of the devpts filesystem, such that indices of pseudo terminals allocated in this new instance are independent of indices created in other instances of devpts. +
d315cc4d 720 {nbsp} +
14179682 721 All mounts of devpts without this *newinstance* option share the same set of pseudo terminal indices (i.e., legacy mode). Each mount of devpts with the *newinstance* option has a private set of pseudo terminal indices. +
d315cc4d 722 {nbsp} +
14179682 723 This option is mainly used to support containers in the Linux kernel. It is implemented in Linux kernel versions starting with 2.6.29. Further, this mount option is valid only if *CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES* is enabled in the kernel configuration. +
d315cc4d 724 {nbsp} +
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725 To use this option effectively, _/dev/ptmx_ must be a symbolic link to _pts/ptmx_. See _Documentation/filesystems/devpts.txt_ in the Linux kernel source tree for details.
726
727**ptmxmode=**__value__::
728 Set the mode for the new _ptmx_ device node in the devpts filesystem. +
d315cc4d 729 {nbsp} +
14179682 730 With the support for multiple instances of devpts (see *newinstance* option above), each instance has a private _ptmx_ node in the root of the devpts filesystem (typically _/dev/pts/ptmx_). +
d315cc4d 731 {nbsp} +
14179682 732 For compatibility with older versions of the kernel, the default mode of the new _ptmx_ node is 0000. **ptmxmode=**__value__ specifies a more useful mode for the _ptmx_ node and is highly recommended when the *newinstance* option is specified. +
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734 This option is only implemented in Linux kernel versions starting with 2.6.29. Further, this option is valid only if *CONFIG_DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES* is enabled in the kernel configuration.
735
736=== Mount options for fat
737
738(Note: _fat_ is not a separate filesystem, but a common part of the _msdos_, _umsdos_ and _vfat_ filesystems.)
739
740*blocksize=*{**512**|**1024**|*2048*}::
741 Set blocksize (default 512). This option is obsolete.
742
743**uid=**__value__ and **gid=**__value__::
744 Set the owner and group of all files. (Default: the UID and GID of the current process.)
745
746**umask=**__value__::
747 Set the umask (the bitmask of the permissions that are *not* present). The default is the umask of the current process. The value is given in octal.
748
749**dmask=**__value__::
750 Set the umask applied to directories only. The default is the umask of the current process. The value is given in octal.
751
752**fmask=**__value__::
753 Set the umask applied to regular files only. The default is the umask of the current process. The value is given in octal.
754
755**allow_utime=**__value__::
756 This option controls the permission check of mtime/atime. +
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758 * *20*
759 If current process is in group of file's group ID, you can change timestamp.
760 * *2*
761 Other users can change timestamp.
762
763The default is set from `dmask' option. (If the directory is writable, *utime*(2) is also allowed. I.e. ~dmask & 022)
764
765Normally *utime*(2) checks that the current process is owner of the file, or that it has the *CAP_FOWNER* capability. But FAT filesystems don't have UID/GID on disk, so the normal check is too inflexible. With this option you can relax it.
766
767**check=**__value__::
768 Three different levels of pickiness can be chosen: +
d315cc4d 769 {nbsp} +
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770 * *r*[*elaxed*]
771 Upper and lower case are accepted and equivalent, long name parts are truncated (e.g. _verylongname.foobar_ becomes _verylong.foo_), leading and embedded spaces are accepted in each name part (name and extension).
772 * *n*[*ormal*]
773 Like "relaxed", but many special characters (*, ?, <, spaces, etc.) are rejected. This is the default.
774 * *s*[*trict*]
775 Like "normal", but names that contain long parts or special characters that are sometimes used on Linux but are not accepted by MS-DOS (+, =, etc.) are rejected.
776
777**codepage=**__value__::
778 Sets the codepage for converting to shortname characters on FAT and VFAT filesystems. By default, codepage 437 is used.
779
780**conv=**__mode__::
781 This option is obsolete and may fail or be ignored.
782
783**cvf_format=**__module__::
784 Forces the driver to use the CVF (Compressed Volume File) module cvf__module_ instead of auto-detection. If the kernel supports kmod, the cvf_format=xxx option also controls on-demand CVF module loading. This option is obsolete.
785
786**cvf_option=**__option__::
787 Option passed to the CVF module. This option is obsolete.
788
789*debug*::
790 Turn on the _debug_ flag. A version string and a list of filesystem parameters will be printed (these data are also printed if the parameters appear to be inconsistent).
791
792*discard*::
793 If set, causes discard/TRIM commands to be issued to the block device when blocks are freed. This is useful for SSD devices and sparse/thinly-provisioned LUNs.
794
795*dos1xfloppy*::
796 If set, use a fallback default BIOS Parameter Block configuration, determined by backing device size. These static parameters match defaults assumed by DOS 1.x for 160 kiB, 180 kiB, 320 kiB, and 360 kiB floppies and floppy images.
797
798*errors=*{**panic**|**continue**|*remount-ro*}::
799 Specify FAT behavior on critical errors: panic, continue without doing anything, or remount the partition in read-only mode (default behavior).
800
801*fat=*{**12**|**16**|*32*}::
802 Specify a 12, 16 or 32 bit fat. This overrides the automatic FAT type detection routine. Use with caution!
803
804**iocharset=**__value__::
805 Character set to use for converting between 8 bit characters and 16 bit Unicode characters. The default is iso8859-1. Long filenames are stored on disk in Unicode format.
806
807*nfs=*{**stale_rw**|*nostale_ro*}::
808 Enable this only if you want to export the FAT filesystem over NFS. +
d315cc4d 809 {nbsp} +
14179682 810 *stale_rw*: This option maintains an index (cache) of directory inodes which is used by the nfs-related code to improve look-ups. Full file operations (read/write) over NFS are supported but with cache eviction at NFS server, this could result in spurious *ESTALE* errors. +
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814 To maintain backward compatibility, *-o nfs* is also accepted, defaulting to *stale_rw*.
815
816*tz=UTC*::
817 This option disables the conversion of timestamps between local time (as used by Windows on FAT) and UTC (which Linux uses internally). This is particularly useful when mounting devices (like digital cameras) that are set to UTC in order to avoid the pitfalls of local time.
818
819**time_offset=**__minutes__::
820 Set offset for conversion of timestamps from local time used by FAT to UTC. I.e., _minutes_ will be subtracted from each timestamp to convert it to UTC used internally by Linux. This is useful when the time zone set in the kernel via *settimeofday*(2) is not the time zone used by the filesystem. Note that this option still does not provide correct time stamps in all cases in presence of DST - time stamps in a different DST setting will be off by one hour.
821
822*quiet*::
823 Turn on the _quiet_ flag. Attempts to chown or chmod files do not return errors, although they fail. Use with caution!
824
825*rodir*::
826 FAT has the *ATTR_RO* (read-only) attribute. On Windows, the *ATTR_RO* of the directory will just be ignored, and is used only by applications as a flag (e.g. it's set for the customized folder). +
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828 If you want to use *ATTR_RO* as read-only flag even for the directory, set this option.
829
830*showexec*::
831 If set, the execute permission bits of the file will be allowed only if the extension part of the name is .EXE, .COM, or .BAT. Not set by default.
832
833*sys_immutable*::
834 If set, *ATTR_SYS* attribute on FAT is handled as *IMMUTABLE* flag on Linux. Not set by default.
835
836*flush*::
837 If set, the filesystem will try to flush to disk more early than normal. Not set by default.
838
839*usefree*::
840 Use the "free clusters" value stored on *FSINFO*. It'll be used to determine number of free clusters without scanning disk. But it's not used by default, because recent Windows don't update it correctly in some case. If you are sure the "free clusters" on *FSINFO* is correct, by this option you can avoid scanning disk.
841
842*dots*, *nodots*, *dotsOK=*[**yes**|*no*]::
843 Various misguided attempts to force Unix or DOS conventions onto a FAT filesystem.
844
845=== Mount options for hfs
846
847**creator=**__cccc__**, type=**__cccc__::
848 Set the creator/type values as shown by the MacOS finder used for creating new files. Default values: '????'.
849
850**uid=**__n__**, gid=**__n__::
851 Set the owner and group of all files. (Default: the UID and GID of the current process.)
852
853**dir_umask=**__n__**, file_umask=**__n__**, umask=**__n__::
854 Set the umask used for all directories, all regular files, or all files and directories. Defaults to the umask of the current process.
855
856**session=**__n__::
857 Select the CDROM session to mount. Defaults to leaving that decision to the CDROM driver. This option will fail with anything but a CDROM as underlying device.
858
859**part=**__n__::
860 Select partition number n from the device. Only makes sense for CDROMs. Defaults to not parsing the partition table at all.
861
862*quiet*::
863 Don't complain about invalid mount options.
864
865=== Mount options for hpfs
866
867**uid=**__value__ and **gid=**__value__::
868 Set the owner and group of all files. (Default: the UID and GID of the current process.)
869
870**umask=**__value__::
871 Set the umask (the bitmask of the permissions that are *not* present). The default is the umask of the current process. The value is given in octal.
872
873*case=*{**lower**|*asis*}::
874 Convert all files names to lower case, or leave them. (Default: *case=lower*.)
875
876**conv=**__mode__::
877 This option is obsolete and may fail or being ignored.
878
879*nocheck*::
880 Do not abort mounting when certain consistency checks fail.
881
882=== Mount options for iso9660
883
884ISO 9660 is a standard describing a filesystem structure to be used on CD-ROMs. (This filesystem type is also seen on some DVDs. See also the _udf_ filesystem.)
885
886Normal _iso9660_ filenames appear in an 8.3 format (i.e., DOS-like restrictions on filename length), and in addition all characters are in upper case. Also there is no field for file ownership, protection, number of links, provision for block/character devices, etc.
887
888Rock Ridge is an extension to iso9660 that provides all of these UNIX-like features. Basically there are extensions to each directory record that supply all of the additional information, and when Rock Ridge is in use, the filesystem is indistinguishable from a normal UNIX filesystem (except that it is read-only, of course).
889
890*norock*::
891 Disable the use of Rock Ridge extensions, even if available. Cf. *map*.
892
893*nojoliet*::
894 Disable the use of Microsoft Joliet extensions, even if available. Cf. *map*.
895
896*check=*{*r*[*elaxed*]|*s*[*trict*]}::
897 With *check=relaxed*, a filename is first converted to lower case before doing the lookup. This is probably only meaningful together with *norock* and *map=normal*. (Default: *check=strict*.)
898
899**uid=**__value__ and **gid=**__value__::
900 Give all files in the filesystem the indicated user or group id, possibly overriding the information found in the Rock Ridge extensions. (Default: *uid=0,gid=0*.)
901
902*map=*{*n*[*ormal*]|*o*[*ff*]|*a*[*corn*]}::
903 For non-Rock Ridge volumes, normal name translation maps upper to lower case ASCII, drops a trailing `;1', and converts `;' to `.'. With *map=off* no name translation is done. See *norock*. (Default: *map=normal*.) *map=acorn* is like *map=normal* but also apply Acorn extensions if present.
904
905**mode=**__value__::
906 For non-Rock Ridge volumes, give all files the indicated mode. (Default: read and execute permission for everybody.) Octal mode values require a leading 0.
907
908*unhide*::
909 Also show hidden and associated files. (If the ordinary files and the associated or hidden files have the same filenames, this may make the ordinary files inaccessible.)
910
911*block=*{**512**|**1024**|*2048*}::
912 Set the block size to the indicated value. (Default: *block=1024*.)
913
914**conv=**__mode__::
915 This option is obsolete and may fail or being ignored.
916
917*cruft*::
918 If the high byte of the file length contains other garbage, set this mount option to ignore the high order bits of the file length. This implies that a file cannot be larger than 16 MB.
919
920**session=**__x__::
921 Select number of session on a multisession CD.
922
923**sbsector=**__xxx__::
924 Session begins from sector xxx.
925
926The following options are the same as for vfat and specifying them only makes sense when using discs encoded using Microsoft's Joliet extensions.
927
928**iocharset=**__value__::
929 Character set to use for converting 16 bit Unicode characters on CD to 8 bit characters. The default is iso8859-1.
930
931*utf8*::
932 Convert 16 bit Unicode characters on CD to UTF-8.
933
934=== Mount options for jfs
935
936**iocharset=**__name__::
937 Character set to use for converting from Unicode to ASCII. The default is to do no conversion. Use *iocharset=utf8* for UTF8 translations. This requires CONFIG_NLS_UTF8 to be set in the kernel _.config_ file.
938
939**resize=**__value__::
940 Resize the volume to _value_ blocks. JFS only supports growing a volume, not shrinking it. This option is only valid during a remount, when the volume is mounted read-write. The *resize* keyword with no value will grow the volume to the full size of the partition.
941
942*nointegrity*::
943 Do not write to the journal. The primary use of this option is to allow for higher performance when restoring a volume from backup media. The integrity of the volume is not guaranteed if the system abnormally ends.
944
945*integrity*::
946 Default. Commit metadata changes to the journal. Use this option to remount a volume where the *nointegrity* option was previously specified in order to restore normal behavior.
947
948*errors=*{**continue**|**remount-ro**|*panic*}::
949 Define the behavior when an error is encountered. (Either ignore errors and just mark the filesystem erroneous and continue, or remount the filesystem read-only, or panic and halt the system.)
950
951**noquota**|**quota**|**usrquota**|*grpquota*::
952 These options are accepted but ignored.
953
954=== Mount options for msdos
955
956See mount options for fat. If the _msdos_ filesystem detects an inconsistency, it reports an error and sets the file system read-only. The filesystem can be made writable again by remounting it.
957
958=== Mount options for ncpfs
959
960Just like _nfs_, the _ncpfs_ implementation expects a binary argument (a _struct ncp_mount_data_) to the mount system call. This argument is constructed by *ncpmount*(8) and the current version of *mount* (2.12) does not know anything about ncpfs.
961
962=== Mount options for ntfs
963
964**iocharset=**__name__::
965 Character set to use when returning file names. Unlike VFAT, NTFS suppresses names that contain nonconvertible characters. Deprecated.
966
967**nls=**__name__::
968 New name for the option earlier called _iocharset_.
969
970*utf8*::
971 Use UTF-8 for converting file names.
972
973*uni_xlate=*{**0**|**1**|*2*}::
974 For 0 (or `no' or `false'), do not use escape sequences for unknown Unicode characters. For 1 (or `yes' or `true') or 2, use vfat-style 4-byte escape sequences starting with ":". Here 2 gives a little-endian encoding and 1 a byteswapped bigendian encoding.
975
976*posix=[0|1]*::
977 If enabled (posix=1), the filesystem distinguishes between upper and lower case. The 8.3 alias names are presented as hard links instead of being suppressed. This option is obsolete.
978
979**uid=**__value__, **gid=**__value__ and **umask=**__value__::
980 Set the file permission on the filesystem. The umask value is given in octal. By default, the files are owned by root and not readable by somebody else.
981
982=== Mount options for overlay
983
984Since Linux 3.18 the overlay pseudo filesystem implements a union mount for other filesystems.
985
986An overlay filesystem combines two filesystems - an *upper* filesystem and a *lower* filesystem. When a name exists in both filesystems, the object in the upper filesystem is visible while the object in the lower filesystem is either hidden or, in the case of directories, merged with the upper object.
987
988The lower filesystem can be any filesystem supported by Linux and does not need to be writable. The lower filesystem can even be another overlayfs. The upper filesystem will normally be writable and if it is it must support the creation of trusted.* extended attributes, and must provide a valid d_type in readdir responses, so NFS is not suitable.
989
990A read-only overlay of two read-only filesystems may use any filesystem type. The options *lowerdir* and *upperdir* are combined into a merged directory by using:
991
992____
993....
994mount -t overlay overlay \
995 -olowerdir=/lower,upperdir=/upper,workdir=/work /merged
996....
997____
998
999**lowerdir=**__directory__::
1000 Any filesystem, does not need to be on a writable filesystem.
1001
1002**upperdir=**__directory__::
1003 The upperdir is normally on a writable filesystem.
1004
1005**workdir=**__directory__::
1006 The workdir needs to be an empty directory on the same filesystem as upperdir.
1007
1008=== Mount options for reiserfs
1009
1010Reiserfs is a journaling filesystem.
1011
1012*conv*::
1013 Instructs version 3.6 reiserfs software to mount a version 3.5 filesystem, using the 3.6 format for newly created objects. This filesystem will no longer be compatible with reiserfs 3.5 tools.
1014
1015*hash=*{**rupasov**|**tea**|**r5**|*detect*}::
1016 Choose which hash function reiserfs will use to find files within directories. +
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1019 A hash invented by Yury Yu. Rupasov. It is fast and preserves locality, mapping lexicographically close file names to close hash values. This option should not be used, as it causes a high probability of hash collisions.
1020 * *tea*
1021 A Davis-Meyer function implemented by Jeremy Fitzhardinge. It uses hash permuting bits in the name. It gets high randomness and, therefore, low probability of hash collisions at some CPU cost. This may be used if *EHASHCOLLISION* errors are experienced with the r5 hash.
1022 * *r5*
1023 A modified version of the rupasov hash. It is used by default and is the best choice unless the filesystem has huge directories and unusual file-name patterns.
1024 * *detect*
1025 Instructs *mount* to detect which hash function is in use by examining the filesystem being mounted, and to write this information into the reiserfs superblock. This is only useful on the first mount of an old format filesystem.
1026
1027*hashed_relocation*::
1028 Tunes the block allocator. This may provide performance improvements in some situations.
1029
1030*no_unhashed_relocation*::
1031 Tunes the block allocator. This may provide performance improvements in some situations.
1032
1033*noborder*::
1034 Disable the border allocator algorithm invented by Yury Yu. Rupasov. This may provide performance improvements in some situations.
1035
1036*nolog*::
1037 Disable journaling. This will provide slight performance improvements in some situations at the cost of losing reiserfs's fast recovery from crashes. Even with this option turned on, reiserfs still performs all journaling operations, save for actual writes into its journaling area. Implementation of _nolog_ is a work in progress.
1038
1039*notail*::
1040 By default, reiserfs stores small files and `file tails' directly into its tree. This confuses some utilities such as *lilo*(8). This option is used to disable packing of files into the tree.
1041
1042*replayonly*::
1043 Replay the transactions which are in the journal, but do not actually mount the filesystem. Mainly used by _reiserfsck_.
1044
1045**resize=**__number__::
1046 A remount option which permits online expansion of reiserfs partitions. Instructs reiserfs to assume that the device has _number_ blocks. This option is designed for use with devices which are under logical volume management (LVM). There is a special _resizer_ utility which can be obtained from _ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiserfsprogs_.
1047
1048*user_xattr*::
1049 Enable Extended User Attributes. See the *attr*(1) manual page.
1050
1051*acl*::
1052 Enable POSIX Access Control Lists. See the *acl*(5) manual page.
1053
1054*barrier=none* / *barrier=flush*::
1055 This disables / enables the use of write barriers in the journaling code. *barrier=none* disables, *barrier=flush* enables (default). This also requires an IO stack which can support barriers, and if reiserfs gets an error on a barrier write, it will disable barriers again with a warning. Write barriers enforce proper on-disk ordering of journal commits, making volatile disk write caches safe to use, at some performance penalty. If your disks are battery-backed in one way or another, disabling barriers may safely improve performance.
1056
1057=== Mount options for ubifs
1058
1059UBIFS is a flash filesystem which works on top of UBI volumes. Note that *atime* is not supported and is always turned off.
1060
1061The device name may be specified as
1062
1063____
1064*ubiX_Y*::
1065 UBI device number *X*, volume number *Y*
1066*ubiY*::
1067 UBI device number *0*, volume number *Y*
1068*ubiX:NAME*::
1069 UBI device number *X*, volume with name *NAME*
1070*ubi:NAME*::
1071 UBI device number *0*, volume with name *NAME*
1072____
1073
1074Alternative *!* separator may be used instead of *:*.
1075
1076The following mount options are available:
1077
1078*bulk_read*::
1079 Enable bulk-read. VFS read-ahead is disabled because it slows down the filesystem. Bulk-Read is an internal optimization. Some flashes may read faster if the data are read at one go, rather than at several read requests. For example, OneNAND can do "read-while-load" if it reads more than one NAND page.
1080
1081*no_bulk_read*::
1082 Do not bulk-read. This is the default.
1083
1084*chk_data_crc*::
1085 Check data CRC-32 checksums. This is the default.
1086
1087*no_chk_data_crc*::
1088 Do not check data CRC-32 checksums. With this option, the filesystem does not check CRC-32 checksum for data, but it does check it for the internal indexing information. This option only affects reading, not writing. CRC-32 is always calculated when writing the data.
1089
1090*compr=*{**none**|**lzo**|*zlib*}::
1091 Select the default compressor which is used when new files are written. It is still possible to read compressed files if mounted with the *none* option.
1092
1093=== Mount options for udf
1094
1095UDF is the "Universal Disk Format" filesystem defined by OSTA, the Optical Storage Technology Association, and is often used for DVD-ROM, frequently in the form of a hybrid UDF/ISO-9660 filesystem. It is, however, perfectly usable by itself on disk drives, flash drives and other block devices. See also _iso9660_.
1096
1097*uid=*::
1098 Make all files in the filesystem belong to the given user. uid=forget can be specified independently of (or usually in addition to) uid=<user> and results in UDF not storing uids to the media. In fact the recorded uid is the 32-bit overflow uid -1 as defined by the UDF standard. The value is given as either <user> which is a valid user name or the corresponding decimal user id, or the special string "forget".
1099
1100*gid=*::
1101 Make all files in the filesystem belong to the given group. gid=forget can be specified independently of (or usually in addition to) gid=<group> and results in UDF not storing gids to the media. In fact the recorded gid is the 32-bit overflow gid -1 as defined by the UDF standard. The value is given as either <group> which is a valid group name or the corresponding decimal group id, or the special string "forget".
1102
1103*umask=*::
1104 Mask out the given permissions from all inodes read from the filesystem. The value is given in octal.
1105
1106*mode=*::
1107 If mode= is set the permissions of all non-directory inodes read from the filesystem will be set to the given mode. The value is given in octal.
1108
1109*dmode=*::
1110 If dmode= is set the permissions of all directory inodes read from the filesystem will be set to the given dmode. The value is given in octal.
1111
1112*bs=*::
1113 Set the block size. Default value prior to kernel version 2.6.30 was 2048. Since 2.6.30 and prior to 4.11 it was logical device block size with fallback to 2048. Since 4.11 it is logical block size with fallback to any valid block size between logical device block size and 4096. +
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1115 For other details see the mkudffs8 2.0+ manpage, sections *COMPATIBILITY* and *BLOCK SIZE*.
1116
1117*unhide*::
1118 Show otherwise hidden files.
1119
1120*undelete*::
1121 Show deleted files in lists.
1122
1123*adinicb*::
1124 Embed data in the inode. (default)
1125
1126*noadinicb*::
1127 Don't embed data in the inode.
1128
1129*shortad*::
1130 Use short UDF address descriptors.
1131
1132*longad*::
1133 Use long UDF address descriptors. (default)
1134
1135*nostrict*::
1136 Unset strict conformance.
1137
1138*iocharset=*::
1139 Set the NLS character set. This requires kernel compiled with *CONFIG_UDF_NLS* option.
1140
1141*utf8*::
1142 Set the UTF-8 character set.
1143
1144=== Mount options for debugging and disaster recovery
1145
1146*novrs*::
1147 Ignore the Volume Recognition Sequence and attempt to mount anyway.
1148
1149*session=*::
1150 Select the session number for multi-session recorded optical media. (default= last session)
1151
1152*anchor=*::
1153 Override standard anchor location. (default= 256)
1154
1155*lastblock=*::
1156 Set the last block of the filesystem.
1157
1158=== Unused historical mount options that may be encountered and should be removed
1159
1160*uid=ignore*::
1161 Ignored, use uid=<user> instead.
1162
1163*gid=ignore*::
1164 Ignored, use gid=<group> instead.
1165
1166*volume=*::
1167 Unimplemented and ignored.
1168
1169*partition=*::
1170 Unimplemented and ignored.
1171
1172*fileset=*::
1173 Unimplemented and ignored.
1174
1175*rootdir=*::
1176 Unimplemented and ignored.
1177
1178=== Mount options for ufs
1179
1180**ufstype=**__value__::
1181 UFS is a filesystem widely used in different operating systems. The problem are differences among implementations. Features of some implementations are undocumented, so its hard to recognize the type of ufs automatically. That's why the user must specify the type of ufs by mount option. Possible values are: +
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1183 * *old*
1184 Old format of ufs, this is the default, read only. (Don't forget to give the *-r* option.)
1185 * *44bsd*
1186 For filesystems created by a BSD-like system (NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD).
1187 * *ufs2*
1188 Used in FreeBSD 5.x supported as read-write.
1189 * *5xbsd*
1190 Synonym for ufs2.
1191 * *sun*
1192 For filesystems created by SunOS or Solaris on Sparc.
1193 * *sunx86*
1194 For filesystems created by Solaris on x86.
1195 * *hp*
1196 For filesystems created by HP-UX, read-only.
1197 * *nextstep*
1198 For filesystems created by NeXTStep (on NeXT station) (currently read only).
1199 * *nextstep-cd*
1200 For NextStep CDROMs (block_size == 2048), read-only.
1201 * *openstep*
1202 For filesystems created by OpenStep (currently read only). The same filesystem type is also used by Mac OS X.
1203
1204**onerror=**__value__::
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1207 * *panic*
1208 If an error is encountered, cause a kernel panic.
1209 * [**lock**|**umount**|*repair*]
1210 These mount options don't do anything at present; when an error is encountered only a console message is printed.
1211
1212=== Mount options for umsdos
1213
1214See mount options for msdos. The *dotsOK* option is explicitly killed by _umsdos_.
1215
1216=== Mount options for vfat
1217
1218First of all, the mount options for _fat_ are recognized. The *dotsOK* option is explicitly killed by _vfat_. Furthermore, there are
1219
1220*uni_xlate*::
1221 Translate unhandled Unicode characters to special escaped sequences. This lets you backup and restore filenames that are created with any Unicode characters. Without this option, a '?' is used when no translation is possible. The escape character is ':' because it is otherwise invalid on the vfat filesystem. The escape sequence that gets used, where u is the Unicode character, is: ':', (u & 0x3f), ((u>>6) & 0x3f), (u>>12).
1222
1223*posix*::
1224 Allow two files with names that only differ in case. This option is obsolete.
1225
1226*nonumtail*::
1227 First try to make a short name without sequence number, before trying _name~num.ext_.
1228
1229*utf8*::
1230 UTF8 is the filesystem safe 8-bit encoding of Unicode that is used by the console. It can be enabled for the filesystem with this option or disabled with utf8=0, utf8=no or utf8=false. If _uni_xlate_ gets set, UTF8 gets disabled.
1231
1232**shortname=**__mode__::
1233 Defines the behavior for creation and display of filenames which fit into 8.3 characters. If a long name for a file exists, it will always be the preferred one for display. There are four __mode__s: +
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1235 * *lower*
1236 Force the short name to lower case upon display; store a long name when the short name is not all upper case.
1237 * *win95*
1238 Force the short name to upper case upon display; store a long name when the short name is not all upper case.
1239 * *winnt*
1240 Display the short name as is; store a long name when the short name is not all lower case or all upper case.
1241 * *mixed*
1242 Display the short name as is; store a long name when the short name is not all upper case. This mode is the default since Linux 2.6.32.
1243
1244=== Mount options for usbfs
1245
1246**devuid=**__uid__ and **devgid=**__gid__ and **devmode=**__mode__::
1247 Set the owner and group and mode of the device files in the usbfs filesystem (default: uid=gid=0, mode=0644). The mode is given in octal.
1248
1249**busuid=**__uid__ and **busgid=**__gid__ and **busmode=**__mode__::
1250 Set the owner and group and mode of the bus directories in the usbfs filesystem (default: uid=gid=0, mode=0555). The mode is given in octal.
1251
1252**listuid=**__uid__ and **listgid=**__gid__ and **listmode=**__mode__::
1253 Set the owner and group and mode of the file _devices_ (default: uid=gid=0, mode=0444). The mode is given in octal.
1254
1255== DM-VERITY SUPPORT (experimental)
1256
1257The device-mapper verity target provides read-only transparent integrity checking of block devices using kernel crypto API. The *mount* command can open the dm-verity device and do the integrity verification before on the device filesystem is mounted. Requires libcryptsetup with in libmount (optionally via *dlopen*(3)). If libcryptsetup supports extracting the root hash of an already mounted device, existing devices will be automatically reused in case of a match. Mount options for dm-verity:
1258
1259**verity.hashdevice=**__path__::
1260 Path to the hash tree device associated with the source volume to pass to dm-verity.
1261
1262**verity.roothash=**__hex__::
1263 Hex-encoded hash of the root of _verity.hashdevice_. Mutually exclusive with _verity.roothashfile._
1264
1265**verity.roothashfile=**__path__::
1266 Path to file containing the hex-encoded hash of the root of _verity.hashdevice._ Mutually exclusive with _verity.roothash._
1267
1268**verity.hashoffset=**__offset__::
1269 If the hash tree device is embedded in the source volume, _offset_ (default: 0) is used by dm-verity to get to the tree.
1270
1271**verity.fecdevice=**__path__::
1272 Path to the Forward Error Correction (FEC) device associated with the source volume to pass to dm-verity. Optional. Requires kernel built with *CONFIG_DM_VERITY_FEC*.
1273
1274**verity.fecoffset=**__offset__::
1275 If the FEC device is embedded in the source volume, _offset_ (default: 0) is used by dm-verity to get to the FEC area. Optional.
1276
1277**verity.fecroots=**__value__::
1278 Parity bytes for FEC (default: 2). Optional.
1279
1280**verity.roothashsig=**__path__::
1281 Path to pkcs7 signature of root hash hex string. Requires crypt_activate_by_signed_key() from cryptsetup and kernel built with *CONFIG_DM_VERITY_VERIFY_ROOTHASH_SIG*. For device reuse, signatures have to be either used by all mounts of a device or by none. Optional.
1282
1283Supported since util-linux v2.35.
1284
1285For example commands:
1286
1287....
1288mksquashfs /etc /tmp/etc.squashfs
1289dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/etc.hash bs=1M count=10
1290veritysetup format /tmp/etc.squashfs /tmp/etc.hash
1291openssl smime -sign -in <hash> -nocerts -inkey private.key \
1292-signer private.crt -noattr -binary -outform der -out /tmp/etc.p7
1293mount -o verity.hashdevice=/tmp/etc.hash,verity.roothash=<hash>,\
1294verity.roothashsig=/tmp/etc.p7 /tmp/etc.squashfs /mnt
1295....
1296
1297create squashfs image from _/etc_ directory, verity hash device and mount verified filesystem image to _/mnt_. The kernel will verify that the root hash is signed by a key from the kernel keyring if roothashsig is used.
1298
1299== LOOP-DEVICE SUPPORT
1300
1301One further possible type is a mount via the loop device. For example, the command
1302
1303____
1304*mount /tmp/disk.img /mnt -t vfat -o loop=/dev/loop3*
1305____
1306
1307will set up the loop device _/dev/loop3_ to correspond to the file _/tmp/disk.img_, and then mount this device on _/mnt_.
1308
1309If no explicit loop device is mentioned (but just an option `**-o loop**' is given), then *mount* will try to find some unused loop device and use that, for example
1310
1311____
1312*mount /tmp/disk.img /mnt -o loop*
1313____
1314
1315The *mount* command *automatically* creates a loop device from a regular file if a filesystem type is not specified or the filesystem is known for libblkid, for example:
1316
1317____
1318*mount /tmp/disk.img /mnt*
1319
1320*mount -t ext4 /tmp/disk.img /mnt*
1321____
1322
1323This type of mount knows about three options, namely *loop*, *offset* and *sizelimit*, that are really options to *­losetup*(8). (These options can be used in addition to those specific to the filesystem type.)
1324
1325Since Linux 2.6.25 auto-destruction of loop devices is supported, meaning that any loop device allocated by *mount* will be freed by *umount* independently of _/etc/mtab_.
1326
1327You can also free a loop device by hand, using *losetup -d* or *umount -d*.
1328
1329Since util-linux v2.29, *mount* re-uses the loop device rather than initializing a new device if the same backing file is already used for some loop device with the same offset and sizelimit. This is necessary to avoid a filesystem corruption.
1330
1331== EXIT STATUS
1332
1333*mount* has the following exit status values (the bits can be ORed):
1334
1335*0*::
1336 success
1337
1338*1*::
1339 incorrect invocation or permissions
1340
1341*2*::
1342 system error (out of memory, cannot fork, no more loop devices)
1343
1344*4*::
1345 internal *mount* bug
1346
1347*8*::
1348 user interrupt
1349
1350*16*::
1351 problems writing or locking _/etc/mtab_
1352
1353*32*::
1354 mount failure
1355
1356*64*::
1357 some mount succeeded +
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1359 The command *mount -a* returns 0 (all succeeded), 32 (all failed), or 64 (some failed, some succeeded).
1360
1361== EXTERNAL HELPERS
1362
1363The syntax of external mount helpers is:
1364
1365**/sbin/mount.**__suffix__ _spec dir_ [*-sfnv*] [*-N* _namespace_] [*-o* _options_] [*-t* __type__**.**_subtype_]
1366
1367where the _suffix_ is the filesystem type and the *-sfnvoN* options have the same meaning as the normal mount options. The *-t* option is used for filesystems with subtypes support (for example */sbin/mount.fuse -t fuse.sshfs*).
1368
1369The command *mount* does not pass the mount options *unbindable*, *runbindable*, *private*, *rprivate*, *slave*, *rslave*, *shared*, *rshared*, *auto*, *noauto*, *comment*, *x-**, *loop*, *offset* and *sizelimit* to the mount.<suffix> helpers. All other options are used in a comma-separated list as an argument to the *-o* option.
1370
1371== ENVIRONMENT
1372
1373LIBMOUNT_FSTAB=<path>::
1374 overrides the default location of the _fstab_ file (ignored for suid)
1375
1376LIBMOUNT_MTAB=<path>::
1377 overrides the default location of the _mtab_ file (ignored for suid)
1378
1379LIBMOUNT_DEBUG=all::
1380 enables libmount debug output
1381
1382LIBBLKID_DEBUG=all::
1383 enables libblkid debug output
1384
1385LOOPDEV_DEBUG=all::
1386 enables loop device setup debug output
1387
1388== FILES
1389
1390See also "*The files /etc/fstab, /etc/mtab and /proc/mounts*" section above.
1391
1392_/etc/fstab_::
1393 filesystem table
1394
1395_/run/mount_::
1396 libmount private runtime directory
1397
1398_/etc/mtab_::
1399 table of mounted filesystems or symlink to _/proc/mounts_
1400
1401_/etc/mtab~_::
1402 lock file (unused on systems with _mtab_ symlink)
1403
1404_/etc/mtab.tmp_::
1405 temporary file (unused on systems with _mtab_ symlink)
1406
1407_/etc/filesystems_::
1408 a list of filesystem types to try
1409
1410== HISTORY
1411
1412A *mount* command existed in Version 5 AT&T UNIX.
1413
1414== BUGS
1415
1416It is possible for a corrupted filesystem to cause a crash.
1417
1418Some Linux filesystems don't support *-o sync* and *-o dirsync* (the ext2, ext3, ext4, fat and vfat filesystems _do_ support synchronous updates (a la BSD) when mounted with the *sync* option).
1419
1420The *-o remount* may not be able to change mount parameters (all _ext2fs_-specific parameters, except *sb*, are changeable with a remount, for example, but you can't change *gid* or *umask* for the _fatfs_).
1421
1422It is possible that the files _/etc/mtab_ and _/proc/mounts_ don't match on systems with a regular _mtab_ file. The first file is based only on the *mount* command options, but the content of the second file also depends on the kernel and others settings (e.g. on a remote NFS server -- in certain cases the *mount* command may report unreliable information about an NFS mount point and the _/proc/mount_ file usually contains more reliable information.) This is another reason to replace the _mtab_ file with a symlink to the _/proc/mounts_ file.
1423
1424Checking files on NFS filesystems referenced by file descriptors (i.e. the *fcntl* and *ioctl* families of functions) may lead to inconsistent results due to the lack of a consistency check in the kernel even if the *noac* mount option is used.
1425
1426The *loop* option with the *offset* or *sizelimit* options used may fail when using older kernels if the *mount* command can't confirm that the size of the block device has been configured as requested. This situation can be worked around by using the *losetup* command manually before calling *mount* with the configured loop device.
1427
1428== AUTHORS
1429
1430mailto:kzak@redhat.com[Karel Zak]
1431
1432== SEE ALSO
1433
1434*lsblk*(1),
1435*mount*(2),
1436*umount*(2),
1437*filesystems*(5),
1438*fstab*(5),
1439*nfs*(5),
1440*xfs*(5),
1441*mount_namespaces*(7),
1442*xattr*(7),
1443*e2label*(8),
1444*findmnt*(8),
1445*losetup*(8),
1446*mke2fs*(8),
1447*mountd*(8),
1448*nfsd*(8),
1449*swapon*(8),
1450*tune2fs*(8),
1451*umount*(8),
1452*xfs_admin*(8)
1453
1454include::../man-common/bugreports.adoc[]
1455
1456include::../man-common/footer.adoc[]
1457
1458ifdef::translation[]
1459include::../man-common/translation.adoc[]
1460endif::[]