From patchwork Fri Dec 18 12:32:20 2009 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Suresh Jayaraman X-Patchwork-Id: 41399 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from lists.samba.org (fn.samba.org [216.83.154.106]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38FF2B6EF7 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:32:40 +1100 (EST) Received: from fn.samba.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lists.samba.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DC69AD00A; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:33:42 -0700 (MST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on fn.samba.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.6 required=3.8 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Original-To: linux-cifs-client@lists.samba.org Delivered-To: linux-cifs-client@lists.samba.org Received: from victor.provo.novell.com (victor.provo.novell.com [137.65.250.26]) by lists.samba.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FF8FAC3C8 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:33:35 -0700 (MST) Received: from localhost (prv-ext-foundry1int.gns.novell.com [137.65.251.240]) by victor.provo.novell.com with ESMTP; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:32:27 -0700 From: Suresh Jayaraman To: Steve French Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:02:20 +0530 Message-Id: <1261139540-9485-1-git-send-email-sjayaraman@suse.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.4.2 Cc: linux-cifs-client@lists.samba.org, Jeff Layton Subject: [linux-cifs-client] [PATCH] doc: add information about nounix mount option X-BeenThere: linux-cifs-client@lists.samba.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: The Linux CIFS VFS client List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-cifs-client-bounces@lists.samba.org Errors-To: linux-cifs-client-bounces@lists.samba.org Also clarify the use of UniqueID when serverino is used with nounix. Thanks to Jeff Layton for explaining the no so clear details. Signed-off-by: Suresh Jayaraman --- docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml index 372b477..aa62334 100644 --- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml +++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml @@ -483,6 +483,23 @@ permissions in memory that can't be stored on the server. This information can d + nounix + Disable the CIFS Unix Extensions for this + mount. This can be useful in order to turn off multiple settings + all at once (i.e. POSIX acls, POSIX locks, POSIX paths, symlink + support and retrieving uids/gids/mode from the server) or to + workaround a bug in server that support the Unix Extensions. + + + When Unix Extensions are disabled and "serverino" mount option + is enabled there is no way to get the server inode number. + So a "UniqueID" from the server is used, instead. UniqueID's are + often greater than 2 power 32. To avoid this make sure you + build your programs with LFS support. + + + + nouser_xattr (default) Do not allow getfattr/setfattr to get/set xattrs, even if server would support it otherwise.