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74this list is printed.
75.Pp
76The options are as follows:
77.Bl -tag -width indent
78.It Fl a
79All the filesystems described in
80.Xr fstab 5
81are mounted.
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74this list is printed.
75.Pp
76The options are as follows:
77.Bl -tag -width indent
78.It Fl a
79All the filesystems described in
80.Xr fstab 5
81are mounted.
82Exceptions are those marked as ``noauto'', excluded by the
82Exceptions are those marked as
83.Dq noauto ,
84excluded by the
83.Fl t
84flag (see below), or if they are already mounted (except the
85root filesystem which is always remounted to preserve
86traditional single user mode behavior).
87.It Fl d
88Causes everything to be done except for the actual system call.
89This option is useful in conjunction with the
90.Fl v

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101.It Fl o
102Options are specified with a
103.Fl o
104flag followed by a comma separated string of options.
105In case of conflicting options being specified, the rightmost option
106takes effect.
107The following options are available:
108.Bl -tag -width indent
85.Fl t
86flag (see below), or if they are already mounted (except the
87root filesystem which is always remounted to preserve
88traditional single user mode behavior).
89.It Fl d
90Causes everything to be done except for the actual system call.
91This option is useful in conjunction with the
92.Fl v

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103.It Fl o
104Options are specified with a
105.Fl o
106flag followed by a comma separated string of options.
107In case of conflicting options being specified, the rightmost option
108takes effect.
109The following options are available:
110.Bl -tag -width indent
109.It async
111.It Cm async
110All
111.Tn I/O
112to the file system should be done asynchronously.
113This is a
114.Em dangerous
115flag to set,
116and should not be used unless you are prepared to recreate the file
117system should your system crash.
112All
113.Tn I/O
114to the file system should be done asynchronously.
115This is a
116.Em dangerous
117flag to set,
118and should not be used unless you are prepared to recreate the file
119system should your system crash.
118.It current
120.It Cm current
119When used with the
120.Fl u
121flag, this is the same as specifying the options currently in effect for
122the mounted filesystem.
121When used with the
122.Fl u
123flag, this is the same as specifying the options currently in effect for
124the mounted filesystem.
123.It force
125.It Cm force
124The same as
125.Fl f ;
126forces the revocation of write access when trying to downgrade
127a filesystem mount status from read-write to read-only.
128Also
129forces the R/W mount of an unclean filesystem (dangerous; use with caution).
126The same as
127.Fl f ;
128forces the revocation of write access when trying to downgrade
129a filesystem mount status from read-write to read-only.
130Also
131forces the R/W mount of an unclean filesystem (dangerous; use with caution).
130.It fstab
132.It Cm fstab
131When used with the
132.Fl u
133flag, this is the same as specifying all the options listed in the
134.Xr fstab 5
135file for the filesystem.
133When used with the
134.Fl u
135flag, this is the same as specifying all the options listed in the
136.Xr fstab 5
137file for the filesystem.
136.It noasync
138.It Cm noasync
137Metadata I/O should be done synchronously, while data I/O should be done
139Metadata I/O should be done synchronously, while data I/O should be done
138asynchronously. This is the default.
139.It noatime
140asynchronously.
141This is the default.
142.It Cm noatime
140Do not update the file access time when reading from a file.
141This option
142is useful on filesystems where there are large numbers of files and
143performance is more critical than updating the file access time (which is
143Do not update the file access time when reading from a file.
144This option
145is useful on filesystems where there are large numbers of files and
146performance is more critical than updating the file access time (which is
144rarely ever important). This option is currently only supported on local
145filesystems.
146.It noauto
147This filesystem should be skipped when mount is run with the
147rarely ever important).
148This option is currently only supported on local filesystems.
149.It Cm noauto
150This filesystem should be skipped when
151.Nm
152is run with the
148.Fl a
149flag.
153.Fl a
154flag.
150.It noclusterr
155.It Cm noclusterr
151Disable read clustering.
156Disable read clustering.
152.It noclusterw
157.It Cm noclusterw
153Disable write clustering.
158Disable write clustering.
154.It nodev
159.It Cm nodev
155Do not interpret character or block special devices on the file system.
156This option is useful for a server that has file systems containing
157special devices for architectures other than its own.
160Do not interpret character or block special devices on the file system.
161This option is useful for a server that has file systems containing
162special devices for architectures other than its own.
158.It noexec
163.It Cm noexec
159Do not allow execution of any binaries on the mounted file system.
160This option is useful for a server that has file systems containing
161binaries for architectures other than its own.
164Do not allow execution of any binaries on the mounted file system.
165This option is useful for a server that has file systems containing
166binaries for architectures other than its own.
162.It nosuid
167.It Cm nosuid
163Do not allow set-user-identifier or set-group-identifier bits to take effect.
164Note: this option is worthless if a public available suid or sgid
165wrapper like
166.Xr suidperl 1
167is installed on your system.
168Do not allow set-user-identifier or set-group-identifier bits to take effect.
169Note: this option is worthless if a public available suid or sgid
170wrapper like
171.Xr suidperl 1
172is installed on your system.
168.It nosymfollow
173.It Cm nosymfollow
169Do not follow symlinks
170on the mounted file system.
174Do not follow symlinks
175on the mounted file system.
171.It rdonly
176.It Cm rdonly
172The same as
173.Fl r ;
174mount the file system read-only (even the super-user may not write it).
177The same as
178.Fl r ;
179mount the file system read-only (even the super-user may not write it).
175.It sync
180.It Cm sync
176All
177.Tn I/O
178to the file system should be done synchronously.
181All
182.Tn I/O
183to the file system should be done synchronously.
179.It suiddir
180A directory on the mounted filesystem will respond to the SUID bit
184.It Cm suiddir
185A directory on the mounted filesystem will respond to the SUID bit
181being set, by setting the owner of any new files to be the same
182as the owner of the directory.
183New directories will inherit the bit from their parents.
184Execute bits are removed from
185the file, and it will not be given to root.
186.Pp
187This feature is designed for use on fileservers serving PC users via
188ftp, SAMBA, or netatalk.
189It provides security holes for shell users and as
190such should not be used on shell machines, especially on home directories.
191This option requires the SUIDDIR
192option in the kernel to work.
193Only UFS filesystems support this option.
194See
195.Xr chmod 2
196for more information.
186being set, by setting the owner of any new files to be the same
187as the owner of the directory.
188New directories will inherit the bit from their parents.
189Execute bits are removed from
190the file, and it will not be given to root.
191.Pp
192This feature is designed for use on fileservers serving PC users via
193ftp, SAMBA, or netatalk.
194It provides security holes for shell users and as
195such should not be used on shell machines, especially on home directories.
196This option requires the SUIDDIR
197option in the kernel to work.
198Only UFS filesystems support this option.
199See
200.Xr chmod 2
201for more information.
197.It update
202.It Cm update
198The same as
199.Fl u ;
200indicate that the status of an already mounted file system should be changed.
203The same as
204.Fl u ;
205indicate that the status of an already mounted file system should be changed.
201.It union
206.It Cm union
202Causes the namespace at the mount point to appear as the union
203of the mounted filesystem root and the existing directory.
204Lookups will be done in the mounted filesystem first.
205If those operations fail due to a non-existent file the underlying
206directory is then accessed.
207All creates are done in the mounted filesystem.
208.El
209.Pp

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233which are not internally known
234(see the description of the
235.Fl t
236option below)
237may be described in the manual pages for the associated
238.Pa /sbin/mount_ Ns Sy XXX
239utilities.
240.It Fl p
207Causes the namespace at the mount point to appear as the union
208of the mounted filesystem root and the existing directory.
209Lookups will be done in the mounted filesystem first.
210If those operations fail due to a non-existent file the underlying
211directory is then accessed.
212All creates are done in the mounted filesystem.
213.El
214.Pp

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238which are not internally known
239(see the description of the
240.Fl t
241option below)
242may be described in the manual pages for the associated
243.Pa /sbin/mount_ Ns Sy XXX
244utilities.
245.It Fl p
241Print mount information in fstab format.
246Print mount information in
247.Xr fstab 5
248format.
242Implies also the
243.Fl v
244option.
245.It Fl r
246The file system is to be mounted read-only.
247Mount the file system read-only (even the super-user may not write it).
248The same as the
249Implies also the
250.Fl v
251option.
252.It Fl r
253The file system is to be mounted read-only.
254Mount the file system read-only (even the super-user may not write it).
255The same as the
249.Dq rdonly
256.Cm rdonly
250argument to the
251.Fl o
252option.
257argument to the
258.Fl o
259option.
253.It Fl t Ar ufs | Ar external_type
260.It Fl t Ar ufs | external_type
254The argument following the
255.Fl t
256is used to indicate the file system type.
257The type
258.Ar ufs
259is the default.
261The argument following the
262.Fl t
263is used to indicate the file system type.
264The type
265.Ar ufs
266is the default.
260The
267The
261.Fl t
262option can be used
263to indicate that the actions should only be taken on
264filesystems of the specified type.
265More than one type may be specified in a comma separated list.
266The list of filesystem types can be prefixed with
267.Dq no
268to specify the filesystem types for which action should

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285will attempt to execute a program in
286.Pa /sbin/mount_ Ns Sy XXX
287where
288.Sy XXX
289is replaced by the type name.
290For example, nfs filesystems are mounted by the program
291.Pa /sbin/mount_nfs .
292.Pp
268.Fl t
269option can be used
270to indicate that the actions should only be taken on
271filesystems of the specified type.
272More than one type may be specified in a comma separated list.
273The list of filesystem types can be prefixed with
274.Dq no
275to specify the filesystem types for which action should

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292will attempt to execute a program in
293.Pa /sbin/mount_ Ns Sy XXX
294where
295.Sy XXX
296is replaced by the type name.
297For example, nfs filesystems are mounted by the program
298.Pa /sbin/mount_nfs .
299.Pp
293Most filesystems will be dynamically loaded by their mount programs
300Most filesystems will be dynamically loaded by their
301.Nm
302programs
294if not already present in the kernel, using the
295.Xr vfsload 3
303if not already present in the kernel, using the
304.Xr vfsload 3
296subroutine. Because this mechanism requires writable temporary space,
305subroutine.
306Because this mechanism requires writable temporary space,
297the filesystem type containing
298.Pa /tmp
299must be compiled into the kernel, and the filesystems containing
307the filesystem type containing
308.Pa /tmp
309must be compiled into the kernel, and the filesystems containing
300.Pa /tmp
310.Pa /tmp
301and
311and
302.Pa /usr/bin/ld
312.Pa /usr/bin/ld
303must be listed in
304.Pa /etc/fstab
305before any filesystems which might be dynamically loaded.
306.It Fl u
307The
308.Fl u
309flag indicates that the status of an already mounted file
310system should be changed.
311Any of the options discussed above (the
312.Fl o
313option)
314may be changed;
315also a file system can be changed from read-only to read-write
316or vice versa.
317An attempt to change from read-write to read-only will fail if any
318files on the filesystem are currently open for writing unless the
319.Fl f
320flag is also specified.
313must be listed in
314.Pa /etc/fstab
315before any filesystems which might be dynamically loaded.
316.It Fl u
317The
318.Fl u
319flag indicates that the status of an already mounted file
320system should be changed.
321Any of the options discussed above (the
322.Fl o
323option)
324may be changed;
325also a file system can be changed from read-only to read-write
326or vice versa.
327An attempt to change from read-write to read-only will fail if any
328files on the filesystem are currently open for writing unless the
329.Fl f
330flag is also specified.
321The set of options is determined by applying the options specified
322in the argument to
323.Fl o
331The set of options is determined by applying the options specified
332in the argument to
333.Fl o
324and finally applying the
325.Fl r
326or
327.Fl w
328option.
329.It Fl v
330Verbose mode.
331.It Fl w
332The file system object is to be read and write.
333.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
334Various, most of them are self-explanatory.
335.Pp
336.Dl XXXXX filesystem is not available
337.Pp
334and finally applying the
335.Fl r
336or
337.Fl w
338option.
339.It Fl v
340Verbose mode.
341.It Fl w
342The file system object is to be read and write.
343.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
344Various, most of them are self-explanatory.
345.Pp
346.Dl XXXXX filesystem is not available
347.Pp
338The kernel doesn't support the respective filesystem type. Note that
348The kernel does not support the respective filesystem type.
349Note that
339support for a particular filesystem might be provided either on a static
340(kernel compile-time), or dynamic basis (loaded as a kernel module by
350support for a particular filesystem might be provided either on a static
351(kernel compile-time), or dynamic basis (loaded as a kernel module by
341.Xr kldload 8 ).
352.Xr kldload 8 ) .
342Normally,
343.Nm
344or its subprocesses attempt to dynamically load a filesystem module if
353Normally,
354.Nm
355or its subprocesses attempt to dynamically load a filesystem module if
345it hasn't been configured statically, using
356it has not been configured statically, using
346.Xr vfsload 3 .
357.Xr vfsload 3 .
347In this case, the above error message can also mean that you didn't
358In this case, the above error message can also mean that you did not
348have permission to load the module.
349.Sh FILES
350.Bl -tag -width /etc/fstab -compact
351.It Pa /etc/fstab
352file system table
353.El
354.Sh SEE ALSO
355.Xr mount 2 ,

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372.Xr mount_procfs 8 ,
373.Xr mount_std 8 ,
374.Xr mount_umap 8 ,
375.Xr mount_union 8 ,
376.Xr umount 8
377.Sh BUGS
378It is possible for a corrupted file system to cause a crash.
379.Sh CAVEATS
359have permission to load the module.
360.Sh FILES
361.Bl -tag -width /etc/fstab -compact
362.It Pa /etc/fstab
363file system table
364.El
365.Sh SEE ALSO
366.Xr mount 2 ,

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383.Xr mount_procfs 8 ,
384.Xr mount_std 8 ,
385.Xr mount_umap 8 ,
386.Xr mount_union 8 ,
387.Xr umount 8
388.Sh BUGS
389It is possible for a corrupted file system to cause a crash.
390.Sh CAVEATS
380After a successful mount, the permissions on the original mount point
381determine if
382.Pa ".."
383is accessible from the mounted file system. The minimum permissions for
384the mount point for traversal across the mount point in both
391After a successful
392.Nm ,
393the permissions on the original mount point determine if
394.Pa ..\&
395is accessible from the mounted file system.
396The minimum permissions for
397the mount point for traversal across the mount point in both
385directions to be possible for all users is 0111 (execute for all).
386.Sh HISTORY
387A
388.Nm
389command appeared in
390.At v1 .
398directions to be possible for all users is 0111 (execute for all).
399.Sh HISTORY
400A
401.Nm
402command appeared in
403.At v1 .