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Date:      Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:08:18 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
Cc:        Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@freebsd.org>, cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/mount Makefile extern.h mount_ufs.c
Message-ID:  <20060129000818.GF2341@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060128225700.GA88332@freebie.xs4all.nl>
References:  <200511232322.jANNMuGE005810@repoman.freebsd.org> <20051208024017.GA32302@dragon.NUXI.org> <20060128055725.GA83856@dragon.NUXI.org> <20060128223343.GE2341@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20060128225700.GA88332@freebie.xs4all.nl>

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On Sat, 2006-Jan-28 23:57:00 +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote:
>On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 09:33:43AM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote..
>> On Fri, 2006-Jan-27 21:57:25 -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
>> >On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 06:40:17PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 11:22:56PM +0000, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
>> >> > rodrigc     2005-11-23 23:22:56 UTC
>> >> > 
>> >> >   FreeBSD src repository
>> >> > 
>> >> >   Modified files:
>> >> >     sbin/mount           Makefile extern.h 
>> >> >   Removed files:
>> >> >     sbin/mount           mount_ufs.c 
>> >> >   Log:
>> >> >   Remove UFS-specific parts from mount(8).
>> >> >   For mounting UFS, all mount options are passed directly to nmount(),
>> >> >   without any UFS-specific logic.
>> >> 
>> >> Where do we stand on making 'mount /' from single user work again?
>> >
>> >Can you give us an update on where you stand on making 'mount /' work
>> >again from single user?  We've been suffering from this for 2 months now.
>> 
>> "mount -r" also no longer works if the FS is marked "rw" in /etc/fstab.
>> Instead you have to use "mount -o norw".  How about having "ro" imply
>> "norw" and vice versa.
>
>Blurk..  norw == ro and noro == rw?  What is wrong with just sticking with
>plain and simple rw and ro ?

ro and rw still exist but, based on my reading of the code, the options
you enter are appended to the options in fstab so that if you say
"mount -r" (or "mount -o ro"), nmount(2) is passed "rw,ro" and the "rw"
over-rides the "ro".  "norw" makes mount(8) strip the "rw" and then
nmount(2) defaults to ro.

I think mount(8) needs to grow some special-casing so that it knows that
"ro" and "rw" are complementary.

-- 
Peter Jeremy



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