util-linux/util-linux-2.12a-mount-man-...

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--- util-linux-2.12a/mount/mount.8.cifs 2005-11-23 16:34:34.000000000 +0100
+++ util-linux-2.12a/mount/mount.8 2005-11-23 16:38:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -413,8 +413,8 @@
program has to do is issue a simple
.IR mount (2)
system call, and no detailed knowledge of the filesystem type is required.
-For a few types however (like nfs, nfs4, smbfs, ncpfs) ad hoc code is
-necessary. The nfs ad hoc code is built in, but smbfs and ncpfs
+For a few types however (like nfs, nfs4, smbfs, ncpfs, cifs) ad hoc code is
+necessary. The nfs ad hoc code is built in, but smbfs, ncpfs and cifs
have a separate mount program. In order to make it possible to
treat all types in a uniform way, mount will execute the program
.I /sbin/mount.TYPE
@@ -720,6 +720,16 @@
(However, quota utilities may react to such strings in
.IR /etc/fstab .)
+.SH "Mount options for cifs"
+Just like
+.IR nfs " or " smbfs
+implementation expects a binary argument
+to the mount system call. This argument is constructed by
+.BR mount.cifs (8)
+and the current version of
+.B mount
+(2.12) does not know anything about cifs.
+
.SH "Mount options for coherent"
None.