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diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8 index d18881b2c..5ec121092 100644 --- a/sys-utils/mount.8 +++ b/sys-utils/mount.8 @@ -398,6 +398,15 @@ command (then mount(8) does not read /etc/mtab), then you have to use bind flag .B mount -o remount,ro,bind .I olddir newdir .RE + +Note that +.I remount,ro,bind +will create a read-only mountpoint (VFS entry), but the original filesystem suberblock +will be still writable, it means that the +.I olddir +will be writable, but the +.I newdir +will be read-only. .RE .B The move operation. @@ -434,6 +443,11 @@ unbindable mount is a private mount which cannot be cloned through a bind operation. Detailed semantics is documented in Documentation/filesystems/sharedsubtree.txt file in the kernel source tree. +Note that Linux kernel does not allow to change more propagation flags by one +.B mount (2) +syscall and the flags cannot be mixed with another mount options. It means that +more --make-* options cannot be used together or with another mount options. + .RS .nf .BI "mount --make-shared " mountpoint |