From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 07:48:43 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: mount: add note about paths verification to mount.8
X-Git-Tag: v2.29-rc1~90
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2480b52743409a09277ecae47259b57804232e25;p=thirdparty%2Futil-linux.git

mount: add note about paths verification to mount.8

Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8
index 79d77bc98b..442b6feb3e 100644
--- a/sys-utils/mount.8
+++ b/sys-utils/mount.8
@@ -272,14 +272,15 @@ Thus, given a line
 any user can mount the iso9660 filesystem found on an inserted CDROM
 using the command:
 .RS
-.sp
-.B "mount /dev/cdrom"
-.RE
-or
-.RS
 .B "mount /cd"
 .sp
 .RE
+Note that \fBmount\fR 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 strogly recommended to use a valid mountpoint to
+specify filesystem, otherwise \fBmount\fR may fail. For example it's bad idea
+to use NFS or CIFS source on command line.
+.PP
 For more details, see
 .BR fstab (5).
 Only the user that mounted a filesystem can unmount it again.