From nobody Sun Feb 8 14:13:33 2026 X-Original-To: dev-commits-src-branches@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4f88v15zcPz6RlY6 for ; Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:13:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R13" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4f88v156Jmz3RfR for ; Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:13:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1770560013; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cONL+/BXMbvTfWtVOifaNDcIYznDTygbRjzL26gDbB4=; b=ScMFIb5U97aloQsAszQg3/nWCQ3OU7S4AcwCV09dNS5Cbb1HwkdPVmIKp109gDAL/e7aMo pmK/eb+H4VmlPMtlECmOIiis3osq73R7w/SEaMCaoHW/umMZjzGSEMg+4fO50DQnh+yiPS i/zP6Y439zTEdN/X5VDZYl8Ct4qQBWisA1KHs5rrZvP6RkhdvtbWJSeWhJG/2l6a8DDzC6 0iLjqP0QLf8JCHm5xKTjr00z/iM13N1tJjV25Brwbo6K4c9s0lSCsfy8HboL+ZiBZKFrFy yfdcuv0mRGhmhi3g/IlRpgwGYBKBmJ1RVWMUgzZQi3HulfCh7r3+2EEi7CCMAQ== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1770560013; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=bUEf60yg4TM0h6QBCTQy3BkFtaP+Ssnc3M5wBo0r00pjvypKpcoOTxUAljTd4/29CLDC39 rVmQKAJL+Ap/Qop9duUPjQZrR7QHr18+8idMIbsuWoWHqhPVoqWAezjScsDFgPISWA9RTC LTjyMLB9KiQDbVSbWw3D5GkYUasn45ab5U+p1iyegRhQgU1rS5X5A1z+d+d2aT6iGvqPHq XZyeaYFbIltS60c6uP6wcdErW9+TBhYrNJofSCXHgsnlZkPPZmZwS1bgSAcI6rnngiMsZZ 7oUVnSQGLbHtyciWhDNCMCr/lg73PSdb7uL/sV4g1ns96mh1XAb+iWyViiV5KA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1770560013; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cONL+/BXMbvTfWtVOifaNDcIYznDTygbRjzL26gDbB4=; b=MbeCjtQAeb06y8EjjfCu96ucUXFRqP41xVNj7G3ijR/h+Pts8GGRXo7Z8zIrGLW9sf6kYh SM0xSHn900DazH7Dfn0vQB82jgmPobHSg9lDWLaud4l5Kkni2LKYU4/lzuPlVr4dZn3RrK xeADH9WEJdBV/buorIvC0K7z2Ocn2LpfnwbRxfmyDfH9Q7ijTigZKaBQxLwe/SQxWChTbS I6T721oD2XNurD2qZTiL6nWp6xOQy/K9csd9bi4Y+NJ+8D0mPnVg7uzzusG+PlV3XyQSAq EAk+OpjNeiqhxnoq2weQjzZ/WlAjaEbZhCF9cFZeV9aNyTQL9Ii9bgeUYuWJXQ== Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4f88v14hgMzrKR for ; Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:13:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from git (uid 1279) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) id 3dd78 by gitrepo.freebsd.org (DragonFly Mail Agent v0.13+ on gitrepo.freebsd.org); Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:13:33 +0000 To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org From: Wolfram Schneider Subject: git: 641eb2615c4d - stable/15 - mount.8: document nosymfollow option List-Id: Commits to the stable branches of the FreeBSD src repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-src-branches List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-src-branches@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: wosch X-Git-Repository: src X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/stable/15 X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 641eb2615c4de47da1cdac3f1f958b3fc3c2af11 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:13:33 +0000 Message-Id: <69889a0d.3dd78.1497ecdd@gitrepo.freebsd.org> The branch stable/15 has been updated by wosch: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=641eb2615c4de47da1cdac3f1f958b3fc3c2af11 commit 641eb2615c4de47da1cdac3f1f958b3fc3c2af11 Author: Wolfram Schneider AuthorDate: 2025-11-24 08:33:07 +0000 Commit: Wolfram Schneider CommitDate: 2026-02-08 14:13:26 +0000 mount.8: document nosymfollow option Document the nosymfollow mount option in more details. Forgotten in 5ddc8ded1dbe650b7d83240a1f86a1eb6e2b9b5a (cherry picked from commit a067eb525e10acc9d7e1f3b1a8a6dfeca42b4424) --- sbin/mount/mount.8 | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/sbin/mount/mount.8 b/sbin/mount/mount.8 index 154ad293aee4..877001727a8f 100644 --- a/sbin/mount/mount.8 +++ b/sbin/mount/mount.8 @@ -270,8 +270,11 @@ Note: this option is worthless if a public available suid or sgid wrapper is installed on your system. It is set automatically when the user does not have super-user privileges. .It Cm nosymfollow -Do not follow symlinks -on the mounted file system. +Do not follow symlinks on the mounted file system. +.Pp +This option is intended to be used when mounting file systems +from untrusted external storage systems or public writable /tmp file systems. +You can still create or remove symlinks, or read the value of a symbolic link. .It Cm ro Mount the filesystem read-only, even the super-user may not write it. Equivalent to @@ -571,6 +574,7 @@ support for a particular file system might be provided either on a static .Xr lsvfs 1 , .Xr setfacl 1 , .Xr nmount 2 , +.Xr symlink 2 , .Xr acl 3 , .Xr getmntinfo 3 , .Xr libxo 3 , @@ -584,6 +588,7 @@ support for a particular file system might be provided either on a static .Xr tarfs 4 , .Xr tmpfs 4 , .Xr fstab 5 , +.Xr symlink 7 , .Xr automount 8 , .Xr fstyp 8 , .Xr kldload 8 ,