Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:13:33 +0000 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 641eb2615c4d - stable/15 - mount.8: document nosymfollow option Message-ID: <69889a0d.3dd78.1497ecdd@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch stable/15 has been updated by wosch: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=641eb2615c4de47da1cdac3f1f958b3fc3c2af11 commit 641eb2615c4de47da1cdac3f1f958b3fc3c2af11 Author: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2025-11-24 08:33:07 +0000 Commit: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org> 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 ,home | help
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