fstab options

ygloo · 08-28-2006, 03:59 PM

fstab:
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,noatime 0 1
/dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults,noatime,nosuid,nodev 0 2

"defaults - Use default options: rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, and async."

mount
/dev/hda1 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/hda6 on /home type ext3 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=666)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)

do "nosuid" and "nodev" options override "defaults"??

spirit receiver · 08-28-2006, 04:10 PM

Yes, they do.

Matir · 08-28-2006, 05:10 PM

Yes. I've never figured out why mount displays the options it chooses to... it displays nosuid, but not nouser? Quite odd to me... I would display all ENABLED options (i.e., no "no" options). So defaults would display as it does in the man page.

spirit receiver · 08-28-2006, 05:29 PM

Seems to me like ro/rw is always displayed, whereas all other options are given if and only if they differ from the default. (But I may be wrong, of course

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Matir · 08-28-2006, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spirit receiver

Seems to me like ro/rw is always displayed, whereas all other options are given if and only if they differ from the default. (But I may be wrong, of course

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That's probably true. Just still seems a bit inconsistent to me.