From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:30056 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965029Ab1GMImq (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:42:46 -0400 Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:42:43 +0200 From: Karel Zak To: Brad Goodman Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Error in man page for fstab Message-ID: <20110713084243.GB3486@nb.net.home> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:21:58PM -0400, Brad Goodman wrote: > The fstab man page contains the following text: > > >> The third field, (fs_vfstype) ... An entry "none" is useful for bind or move mounts > > "none" is interpreted as an actual vfstype, which does not have the > intended consequences. The bind mounts are completely independent on FS type. The type does not make sense here. The recent version of the mount(8) always overwrites the FS type to "none" for all MS_BIND, MS_MOVE and MS_PROPAGATION operations. Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com