Re: [PATCH] manpage: add mount.cifs manpage entry for "multiuser" option

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On Fri,  8 Oct 2010 15:15:06 -0400
Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mount.cifs.8 |    7 +++++++
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mount.cifs.8 b/mount.cifs.8
> index d01f2a3..7d2bf69 100644
> --- a/mount.cifs.8
> +++ b/mount.cifs.8
> @@ -396,6 +396,13 @@ Enable local disk caching using FS-Cache for CIFS\&. This option could be useful
>  NOTE: This feature is available only in the recent kernels that have been built with the kernel config option CONFIG_CIFS_FSCACHE. You also need to have cachefilesd daemon installed and running to make the cache operational\&.
>  .RE
>  .PP
> +multiuser
> +.RS 4
> +Map user accesses to individual credentials when accessing the server\&. By default, CIFS mounts only use a single set of user credentials (the mount credentials) when accessing a share\&. With this option, the client instead creates a new session with the server using the user's credentials whenever a new user accesses the mount. Further accesses by that user will also use those credentials\&. Because the kernel cannot prompt for passwords, multiuser mounts are limited to mounts using sec= options that don't require passwords.
> +.sp
> +With this change, it's feasible for the server to handle permissions enforcement, so this option also implies "noperm"\&. Furthermore, when unix extensions aren't in use and the administrator has not overriden ownership using the uid= or gid= options, ownership of files is presented as the current user accessing the share\&.
> +.RE
> +.PP
>  \-\-verbose
>  .RS 4
>  Print additional debugging information for the mount\&. Note that this parameter must be specified before the \-o\&. For example:

Committed...

I'll probably wait a few days to see if any more patches turn up and
then do a new release later this week or next. Post 'em if you've got
'em.

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Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxx>
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