[systemd-commits] man/systemd.mount.xml

Lennart Poettering lennart at kemper.freedesktop.org
Fri Nov 23 09:45:05 PST 2012


 man/systemd.mount.xml |   11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

New commits:
commit 8a1175118e7a2e60a6ec42624f915e26e821f4e8
Author: Lennart Poettering <lennart at poettering.net>
Date:   Fri Nov 23 18:44:49 2012 +0100

    man: clarify why User=/Group= don't work with mount units

diff --git a/man/systemd.mount.xml b/man/systemd.mount.xml
index f32861b..78b5f52 100644
--- a/man/systemd.mount.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.mount.xml
@@ -75,9 +75,14 @@
                 binary is executed in, and in
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 which define the way the processes are
-                terminated. The User= and Group= options are not useful
-                for mount units specifying a Type= option; the mount
-                binary must run as root if there is a specified type.</para>
+                terminated. Note that the User= and Group= options are
+                not particularly useful for mount units specifying a
+                <literal>Type=</literal> option or using configuration
+                not specified in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>;
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                will refuse options that aren't listed in
+                <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> if it is not run as
+                UID 0.</para>
 
                 <para>Mount units must be named after the mount point
                 directories they control. Example: the mount point



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