[SWLUG] mount options

[Bryn Reeves]

On 08:08 Tue 24 Feb     , bascule wrote:
> according to the man page for mount some of the options it lists only take 
> effect when used in /etc/fstab, but it then fails to indicate which options 
> these are!
> i've been searching but i can't find any confirmation, am i right that even 
> though the options 'user' and 'users' can be used on the command line, they 
> don't take effect because they are some of the options referred to by the man 
> page?
> 

I think so, yes: user, nouser, users, auto, defaults don't seem to have a
lot of meaning outside the fstab. 

I did wonder if using -ouid=XXX,user and mounting something as root would then
allow the specified user to umount the fs, but I tried that and it doesn't
work. 

Perhaps the documentation could be a bit clearer on this?

Cheers,

Bryn.