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doc: update mount.cifs man page with nounix option

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Suresh Jayaraman Dec. 21, 2009, 3:24 p.m. UTC
Change since last post:
	- s/on 32 bit machines//

Also add a section on INODE NUMBERS that discusses inode numbers more
thoroughly and add reference to it in "nounix" and "noserverino"
options.

Thanks to Jeff Layton for explaining those details.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@suse.de>
---
 docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml |   55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Jeff Layton Dec. 21, 2009, 3:26 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:54:32 +0530
Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@suse.de> wrote:

> Change since last post:
> 	- s/on 32 bit machines//
> 
> Also add a section on INODE NUMBERS that discusses inode numbers more
> thoroughly and add reference to it in "nounix" and "noserverino"
> options.
> 
> Thanks to Jeff Layton for explaining those details.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@suse.de>
> ---
>  docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml |   55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
> index 372b477..7f25566 100644
> --- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
> +++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
> @@ -477,12 +477,36 @@ permissions in memory that can't be stored on the server. This information can d
>  
>          <varlistentry>
>                  <term>noserverino</term>
> -                <listitem><para>client generates inode numbers (rather than using the actual one
> -                from the server) by default.
> +		<listitem>
> +		<para>
> +			Client generates inode numbers (rather than
> +		using the actual one from the server) by default.
> +		</para>
> +		<para>
> +			See section <emphasis>INODE NUMBERS</emphasis> for
> +		more information.
> +		</para>
>  		</para></listitem>
>          </varlistentry>
>  
>          <varlistentry>
> +		<term>nounix</term>
> +		<listitem>
> +		<para>
> +			Disable the CIFS Unix Extensions for this mount. This
> +		can be useful in order to turn off multiple settings at once.
> +		This includes POSIX acls, POSIX locks, POSIX paths, symlink
> +		support and retrieving uids/gids/mode from the server. This
> +		can also be useful to work around a bug in a server that
> +		supports Unix Extensions.
> +		</para>
> +		<para>
> +		See section <emphasis>INODE NUMBERS</emphasis> for
> +		more information.
> +		</para> </listitem>
> +        </varlistentry>
> +
> +        <varlistentry>
>                  <term>nouser_xattr</term>
>                  <listitem><para>(default) Do not allow getfattr/setfattr to get/set xattrs, even if server would support it otherwise. </para></listitem>
>          </varlistentry>
> @@ -533,6 +557,33 @@ permissions in memory that can't be stored on the server. This information can d
>  </refsect1>
>  
>  <refsect1>
> +	<title>INODE NUMBERS</title>
> +	<para>
> +		When Unix Extensions are enabled, we use the actual inode
> +	number provided by the server in response to the POSIX calls as an
> +	inode number.
> +	</para>
> +	<para>
> +		When Unix Extensions are disabled and "serverino" mount option
> +	is enabled there is no way to get the server inode number. The
> +	client typically maps the server-assigned "UniqueID" onto an inode
> +	number.
> +	</para>
> +	<para>
> +		Note that the UniqueID is a different value from the server
> +	inode number. The UniqueID value is unique over the scope of the entire
> +	server and is often greater than 2 power 32. This value often makes
> +	programs that are not compiled with LFS (Large File Support), to
> +	trigger a glibc EOVERFLOW error as this won't fit in the target
> +	structure field. It is strongly recommended to compile your programs
> +	with LFS support (i.e. with -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64) to prevent this
> +	problem. You can also use "noserverino" mount option to generate inode
> +	numbers smaller than 2 power 32 on the client. But you may not be able
> +	to detect hardlinks properly.
> +	</para>
> +</refsect1>
> +
> +<refsect1>
>  	<title>FILE AND DIRECTORY OWNERSHIP AND PERMISSIONS</title>
>  
>  	<para> The core CIFS protocol does not provide unix ownership

Looks good to me. I'll commit it to git in a little while.
Jeff Layton Dec. 22, 2009, 1:17 p.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:26:01 -0500
Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:54:32 +0530
> Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@suse.de> wrote:
> 
> > Change since last post:
> > 	- s/on 32 bit machines//
> > 
> > Also add a section on INODE NUMBERS that discusses inode numbers more
> > thoroughly and add reference to it in "nounix" and "noserverino"
> > options.
> > 
> > Thanks to Jeff Layton for explaining those details.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Suresh Jayaraman <sjayaraman@suse.de>
> > ---
> >  docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml |   55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  1 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
> > index 372b477..7f25566 100644
> > --- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
> > +++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
> > @@ -477,12 +477,36 @@ permissions in memory that can't be stored on the server. This information can d
> >  
> >          <varlistentry>
> >                  <term>noserverino</term>
> > -                <listitem><para>client generates inode numbers (rather than using the actual one
> > -                from the server) by default.
> > +		<listitem>
> > +		<para>
> > +			Client generates inode numbers (rather than
> > +		using the actual one from the server) by default.
> > +		</para>
> > +		<para>
> > +			See section <emphasis>INODE NUMBERS</emphasis> for
> > +		more information.
> > +		</para>
> >  		</para></listitem>
> >          </varlistentry>
> >  
> >          <varlistentry>
> > +		<term>nounix</term>
> > +		<listitem>
> > +		<para>
> > +			Disable the CIFS Unix Extensions for this mount. This
> > +		can be useful in order to turn off multiple settings at once.
> > +		This includes POSIX acls, POSIX locks, POSIX paths, symlink
> > +		support and retrieving uids/gids/mode from the server. This
> > +		can also be useful to work around a bug in a server that
> > +		supports Unix Extensions.
> > +		</para>
> > +		<para>
> > +		See section <emphasis>INODE NUMBERS</emphasis> for
> > +		more information.
> > +		</para> </listitem>
> > +        </varlistentry>
> > +
> > +        <varlistentry>
> >                  <term>nouser_xattr</term>
> >                  <listitem><para>(default) Do not allow getfattr/setfattr to get/set xattrs, even if server would support it otherwise. </para></listitem>
> >          </varlistentry>
> > @@ -533,6 +557,33 @@ permissions in memory that can't be stored on the server. This information can d
> >  </refsect1>
> >  
> >  <refsect1>
> > +	<title>INODE NUMBERS</title>
> > +	<para>
> > +		When Unix Extensions are enabled, we use the actual inode
> > +	number provided by the server in response to the POSIX calls as an
> > +	inode number.
> > +	</para>
> > +	<para>
> > +		When Unix Extensions are disabled and "serverino" mount option
> > +	is enabled there is no way to get the server inode number. The
> > +	client typically maps the server-assigned "UniqueID" onto an inode
> > +	number.
> > +	</para>
> > +	<para>
> > +		Note that the UniqueID is a different value from the server
> > +	inode number. The UniqueID value is unique over the scope of the entire
> > +	server and is often greater than 2 power 32. This value often makes
> > +	programs that are not compiled with LFS (Large File Support), to
> > +	trigger a glibc EOVERFLOW error as this won't fit in the target
> > +	structure field. It is strongly recommended to compile your programs
> > +	with LFS support (i.e. with -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64) to prevent this
> > +	problem. You can also use "noserverino" mount option to generate inode
> > +	numbers smaller than 2 power 32 on the client. But you may not be able
> > +	to detect hardlinks properly.
> > +	</para>
> > +</refsect1>
> > +
> > +<refsect1>
> >  	<title>FILE AND DIRECTORY OWNERSHIP AND PERMISSIONS</title>
> >  
> >  	<para> The core CIFS protocol does not provide unix ownership
> 
> Looks good to me. I'll commit it to git in a little while.
> 

Actually...this patch breaks the build. Can you fix these problems and resend?

-------------------[snip]----------------------
$ make output/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8
xsltproc --xinclude --stringparam noreference 0 --output tmp/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml xslt/expand-sambadoc.xsl manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml:489: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: listitem line 480 and para
		</para></listitem>
		       ^
manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml:489: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: varlistentry line 478 and listitem
		</para></listitem>
		                  ^
manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml:490: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: variablelist line 77 and varlistentry
        </varlistentry>
                       ^
manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml:545: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: refsect1 line 75 and variablelist
	</variablelist>
	               ^
manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml:546: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: refentry line 3 and refsect1
</refsect1>
           ^
manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml:548: parser error : Extra content at the end of the document
<refsect1>
^
unable to parse manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
make: *** [tmp/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml] Error 6
-------------------[snip]----------------------

Thanks,
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Patch

diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
index 372b477..7f25566 100644
--- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml
@@ -477,12 +477,36 @@  permissions in memory that can't be stored on the server. This information can d
 
         <varlistentry>
                 <term>noserverino</term>
-                <listitem><para>client generates inode numbers (rather than using the actual one
-                from the server) by default.
+		<listitem>
+		<para>
+			Client generates inode numbers (rather than
+		using the actual one from the server) by default.
+		</para>
+		<para>
+			See section <emphasis>INODE NUMBERS</emphasis> for
+		more information.
+		</para>
 		</para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
         <varlistentry>
+		<term>nounix</term>
+		<listitem>
+		<para>
+			Disable the CIFS Unix Extensions for this mount. This
+		can be useful in order to turn off multiple settings at once.
+		This includes POSIX acls, POSIX locks, POSIX paths, symlink
+		support and retrieving uids/gids/mode from the server. This
+		can also be useful to work around a bug in a server that
+		supports Unix Extensions.
+		</para>
+		<para>
+		See section <emphasis>INODE NUMBERS</emphasis> for
+		more information.
+		</para> </listitem>
+        </varlistentry>
+
+        <varlistentry>
                 <term>nouser_xattr</term>
                 <listitem><para>(default) Do not allow getfattr/setfattr to get/set xattrs, even if server would support it otherwise. </para></listitem>
         </varlistentry>
@@ -533,6 +557,33 @@  permissions in memory that can't be stored on the server. This information can d
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1>
+	<title>INODE NUMBERS</title>
+	<para>
+		When Unix Extensions are enabled, we use the actual inode
+	number provided by the server in response to the POSIX calls as an
+	inode number.
+	</para>
+	<para>
+		When Unix Extensions are disabled and "serverino" mount option
+	is enabled there is no way to get the server inode number. The
+	client typically maps the server-assigned "UniqueID" onto an inode
+	number.
+	</para>
+	<para>
+		Note that the UniqueID is a different value from the server
+	inode number. The UniqueID value is unique over the scope of the entire
+	server and is often greater than 2 power 32. This value often makes
+	programs that are not compiled with LFS (Large File Support), to
+	trigger a glibc EOVERFLOW error as this won't fit in the target
+	structure field. It is strongly recommended to compile your programs
+	with LFS support (i.e. with -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64) to prevent this
+	problem. You can also use "noserverino" mount option to generate inode
+	numbers smaller than 2 power 32 on the client. But you may not be able
+	to detect hardlinks properly.
+	</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
 	<title>FILE AND DIRECTORY OWNERSHIP AND PERMISSIONS</title>
 
 	<para> The core CIFS protocol does not provide unix ownership