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diff --git a/mount/mount.8 b/mount/mount.8 index 8e175498..0e16bfbe 100644 --- a/mount/mount.8 +++ b/mount/mount.8 @@ -191,6 +191,22 @@ mounts under a given mountpoint. .fi .RE .RE +.RE + +.B The device indication. +.RS +Most devices are indicated by a file name (of a block special device), like +.IR /dev/sda1 , +but there are other possibilities. For example, in the case of an NFS mount, +.I device +may look like +.IR knuth.cwi.nl:/dir . +It is possible to indicate a block special device using its +volume +.B LABEL +or +.B UUID +(see the \-L and \-U options below). .B The device indication. .RS @@ -776,6 +792,16 @@ This option implies the options (unless overridden by subsequent options, as in the option line .BR group,dev,suid ). .TP +.B encryption +Specifies an encryption algorithm to use. Used in conjunction with the +.BR loop " option." +.TP +.B keybits +Specifies the key size to use for an encryption algorithm. Used in conjunction +with the +.BR loop " and " encryption " options." +.B nofail +Do not report errors for this device if it does not exist. .B iversion Every time the inode is modified, the i_version field will be incremented. .TP @@ -964,7 +990,7 @@ These options are accepted but ignored. .SH "Mount options for cifs" See the options section of the .BR mount.cifs (8) -man page (cifs-mount package must be installed). +man page (smbfs package must be installed). .SH "Mount options for coherent" None. @@ -1729,7 +1755,7 @@ and the current version of .SH "Mount options for nfs and nfs4" See the options section of the .BR nfs (5) -man page (nfs-utils package must be installed). +man page (nfs-common package must be installed). The .IR nfs " and " nfs4 @@ -2388,6 +2414,10 @@ This type of mount knows about four options, namely .BR loop ", " offset ", " sizelimit " and " encryption , that are really options to .BR \%losetup (8). +If the mount requires a passphrase, you will be prompted for one unless +you specify a file descriptor to read from instead with the +.BR \-\-pass-fd +option. (These options can be used in addition to those specific to the filesystem type.) |