4 util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities
6 Note that in years 2006-2010 this project used the name "util-linux-ng".
10 http://kernel.org/~kzak/util-linux/
15 E-MAIL: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
16 URL: http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#util-linux
21 ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/
27 http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux/util-linux.git
29 git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git util-linux
31 NLS (PO TRANSLATIONS):
33 PO files are maintained by:
34 http://translationproject.org/domain/util-linux-ng.html
38 The stuff in util-linux should be rather distribution-neutral.
39 No RPMs/DEBs/... are provided - get yours from your distributor.
46 <major>.<minor>[.<maint>[.<bugfix>]]
48 major = fatal and deep changes
49 minor = typical release with new features
50 maint = maintenance releases; bug fixes only
51 bugfix = unplanned releases for critical/security bugs
60 See the INSTALL file for more details.
63 * use SUID_CFLAGS and SUID_LDFLAGS when you want to define special
64 compiler options for typical suid programs, for example:
66 ./configure SUID_CFLAGS="-fpie" SUID_LDFLAGS="-pie"
68 This feature is currently supported for chfn, chsh, newgrp,
69 write, mount, and umount.
74 Use --enable-static-programs[=LIST] configure option when you want to use
75 statically linked programs.
77 Note, mount(8) uses get{pw,gr}nam() and getpwuid() functions for
78 translation from username and groupname to UID and GID. These functions
79 could be implemented by dynamically loaded independent modules (NSS) in
80 your libc (e.g. glibc). These modules are not statically linked to
81 mount(8) and mount.static is still using dlopen() like dynamically
84 The translation won't work in environment where NSS modules are
87 For example normal system (NSS modules are available):
89 # ./mount.static -v -f -n -ouid=kzak /mnt/foo
90 LABEL=/mnt/foo on /mnt/foo type vfat (rw,uid=500)
92 and without NSS modules:
94 # chroot . ./mount.static -v -f -n -ouid=kzak /mnt/win
95 LABEL=/mnt/win on /mnt/win type vfat (rw,uid=kzak)