From 9fb4ab8e14d069e88808b06d961ba662318b935d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 12:45:33 +0100 Subject: mount: add hint about -t and root perms to the man page Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- sys-utils/mount.8 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'sys-utils/mount.8') diff --git a/sys-utils/mount.8 b/sys-utils/mount.8 index ad122076a..c6089a7ad 100644 --- a/sys-utils/mount.8 +++ b/sys-utils/mount.8 @@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ This tells the kernel to attach the filesystem found on .IR type ) at the directory .IR dir . +The option \fB\-t \fItype\fR is optional. The +.B mount +command is usually able to detect a filesystem. The root permissions are necessary +to mount a filesystem by default. See section "Non-superuser mounts" below for more details. The previous contents (if any) and owner and mode of .I dir become invisible, and as long as this filesystem remains mounted, -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522