On 18:29 09 Jan 2003, Anand Buddhdev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | My OS is RedHat linux 7.3. I have read the mount manpage, but I'm unclear | about one thing: | | If I mount an ext3 filesystem with the 'defaults' option, I get | rw,suid,dev,exec,auto,nouser,async. | | Now, I want to mount it with the noatime option. Do I remove the | word 'defaults' and replace it with 'noatime', or do I set it to | 'defaults,noatime'.
Just say "noatime". | In my understanding, if I remove 'defaults' and replace it with 'noatime', | then that's the only option I get. No. Think about it - you MUST always get every option in a state of either "yes" or "no". So you will always get the defaults plus whatever options you override in the options column. The word "default" is really a placeholder for "no changes to the options" to ensure the "options" column is still present in the file, so that the fstab may still be parsed correctly. | However, if I enter 'defaults,noatime', | then which option does the FS get mounted with? I would expect a left-to-right processing of the words. But just say "noatime". Should work just fine. -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ aah!...it's the Rapture!...quick,throw the 4th Ed out the window! -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
