Re: Error in man page for fstab

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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


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