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The argument .Ar data describes the filesystem object to be mounted. The argument .Ar type tells the kernel how to interpret .Ar data (See .Ar type below). The contents of the filesystem become available through the new mount point .Ar dir . Any files in .Ar dir at the time of a successful mount are swept under the carpet so to speak, and are unavailable until the filesystem is unmounted. .Pp The following .Ar flags may be specified to suppress default semantics which affect filesystem access. .Bl -tag -width MNT_SYNCHRONOUS .It Dv MNT_RDONLY The filesystem should be treated as read-only; Even the super-user may not write on it. .It Dv MNT_NOEXEC Do not allow files to be executed from the filesystem. .It Dv MNT_NOSUID Do not honor setuid or setgid bits on files when executing them. .It Dv MNT_NOATIME Disable update of file access times. .It Dv MNT_NODEV Do not interpret special files on the filesystem. .It Dv MNT_SYNCHRONOUS All I/O to the filesystem should be done synchronously. .It Dv MNT_ASYNC All I/O to the filesystem should be done asynchronously. .It Dv MNT_WANTRDWR Upgrade a mounted read-only filesystem to read-write if MNT_UPDATE is also specified. .It Dv MNT_FORCE Fore a read-write mount even if the filesystem appears to be unclean. Dangerous. .El .Pp The flag .Dv MNT_UPDATE indicates that the mount command is being applied to an already mounted filesystem. This allows the mount flags to be changed without requiring that the filesystem be unmounted and remounted. Some filesystems may not allow all flags to be changed. For example, many filesystems will not allow a change from read-write to read-only. .Pp The flag .Dv MNT_RELOAD causes the vfs subsystem to update its data structures pertaining to the specified already mounted filesystem. .Pp The .Fa type argument defines the type of the filesystem. The types of filesystems known to the system are defined in .Aq Pa sys/mount.h . .Fa Data is a pointer to a structure that contains the type specific arguments to mount. The currently supported types of filesystems and their type specific data are: .Pp .Bd -literal -compact /* * Export arguments for local filesystem mount calls. */ struct export_args { int ex_flags; /* export related flags */ uid_t ex_root; /* mapping for root uid */ struct ucred ex_anon; /* mapping for anonymous user */ struct sockaddr *ex_addr; /* net address to which exported */ int ex_addrlen; /* and the net address length */ struct sockaddr *ex_mask; /* mask of valid bits in saddr */ int ex_masklen; /* and the smask length */ }; .Ed .Pp .Dv MOUNT_UFS .Pp .Bd -literal -compact /* * Arguments to mount UFS-bases filesystems */ struct ufs_args { char *fspec; /* Block special file to mount */ struct export_args export; /* network export information */ }; .Ed .Pp .Dv MOUNT_NFS .Pp .Bd -literal -compact #ifdef NFS /* * Arguments to mount NFS */ struct nfs_args { struct sockaddr *addr; /* file server address */ int addrlen; /* length of address */ int sotype; /* Socket type */ int proto; /* and Protocol */ u_char *fh; /* File handle to be mounted */ int fhsize; /* Size, in bytes, of fh */ int flags; /* flags */ int wsize; /* write size in bytes */ int rsize; /* read size in bytes */ int readdirsize; /* readdir size in bytes */ int timeo; /* initial timeout in .1 secs */ int retrans; /* times to retry send */ int maxgrouplist; /* Max. size of group list */ int readahead; /* # of blocks to readahead */ int leaseterm; /* Term (sec) of lease */ int deadthresh; /* Retrans threshold */ char *hostname; /* server's name */ }; /* * NFS mount option flags */ #define NFSMNT_SOFT 0x00000001 /* soft mount (hard is default) */ #define NFSMNT_WSIZE 0x00000002 /* set write size */ #define NFSMNT_RSIZE 0x00000004 /* set read size */ #define NFSMNT_TIMEO 0x00000008 /* set initial timeout */ #define NFSMNT_RETRANS 0x00000010 /* set number of request retries */ #define NFSMNT_MAXGRPS 0x00000020 /* set maximum grouplist size */ #define NFSMNT_INT 0x00000040 /* allow interrupts on hard mount */ #define NFSMNT_NOCONN 0x00000080 /* Don't Connect the socket */ #define NFSMNT_NQNFS 0x00000100 /* Use Nqnfs protocol */ #define NFSMNT_NFSV3 0x00000200 /* Use NFS Version 3 protocol */ #define NFSMNT_KERB 0x00000400 /* Use Kerberos authentication */ #define NFSMNT_DUMBTIMR 0x00000800 /* Don't estimate rtt dynamically */ #define NFSMNT_LEASETERM 0x00001000 /* set lease term (nqnfs) */ #define NFSMNT_READAHEAD 0x00002000 /* set read ahead */ #define NFSMNT_DEADTHRESH 0x00004000 /* set dead server retry thresh */ #define NFSMNT_RESVPORT 0x00008000 /* Allocate a reserved port */ #define NFSMNT_RDIRPLUS 0x00010000 /* Use Readdirplus for V3 */ #define NFSMNT_READDIRSIZE 0x00020000 /* Set readdir size */ #define NFSMNT_INTERNAL 0xfffc0000 /* Bits set internally */ #define NFSMNT_HASWRITEVERF 0x00040000 /* Has write verifier for V3 */ #define NFSMNT_GOTPATHCONF 0x00080000 /* Got the V3 pathconf info */ #define NFSMNT_GOTFSINFO 0x00100000 /* Got the V3 fsinfo */ #define NFSMNT_MNTD 0x00200000 /* Mnt server for mnt point */ #define NFSMNT_DISMINPROG 0x00400000 /* Dismount in progress */ #define NFSMNT_DISMNT 0x00800000 /* Dismounted */ #define NFSMNT_SNDLOCK 0x01000000 /* Send socket lock */ #define NFSMNT_WANTSND 0x02000000 /* Want above */ #define NFSMNT_RCVLOCK 0x04000000 /* Rcv socket lock */ #define NFSMNT_WANTRCV 0x08000000 /* Want above */ #define NFSMNT_WAITAUTH 0x10000000 /* Wait for authentication */ #define NFSMNT_HASAUTH 0x20000000 /* Has authenticator */ #define NFSMNT_WANTAUTH 0x40000000 /* Wants an authenticator */ #define NFSMNT_AUTHERR 0x80000000 /* Authentication error */ #endif /* NFS */ .Ed .Pp .Dv MOUNT_MFS .Pp .Bd -literal -compact /* * Arguments to mount MFS */ struct mfs_args { char *fspec; /* name to export for statfs */ struct export_args export; /* if exported MFSes are supported */ caddr_t base; /* base of file system in memory */ u_long size; /* size of file system */ }; .Ed .Pp .Dv MOUNT_MSDOSFS .Pp .Bd -literal -compact #ifdef MSDOSFS /* * Arguments to mount MSDOS filesystems. */ struct msdosfs_args { char *fspec; /* blocks special holding the fs to mount */ struct export_args export; /* network export information */ uid_t uid; /* uid that owns msdosfs files */ gid_t gid; /* gid that owns msdosfs files */ mode_t mask; /* mask to be applied for msdosfs perms */ }; #endif .Ed .Pp .Dv MOUNT_CD9660 .Pp .Bd -literal -compact #ifdef CD9660 /* * Arguments to mount ISO 9660 filesystems. */ struct iso_args { char *fspec; /* block special device to mount */ struct export_args export; /* network export info */ int flags; /* mounting flags, see below */ }; #define ISOFSMNT_NORRIP 0x00000001 /* disable Rock Ridge Ext.*/ #define ISOFSMNT_GENS 0x00000002 /* enable generation numbers */ #define ISOFSMNT_EXTATT 0x00000004 /* enable extended attributes */ #endif /* CD9660 */ .Ed .Pp The .Fn umount function call disassociates the filesystem from the specified mount point .Fa dir . .Pp The .Fa flags argument may specify .Dv MNT_FORCE to specify that the filesystem should be forcibly unmounted or made read-only (if MNT_UPDATE and MNT_RDONLY are also specified) even if files are still active. Active special devices continue to work, but any further accesses to any other active files result in errors even if the filesystem is later remounted. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn mount returns the value 0 if the mount was successful, otherwise -1 is returned and the variable .Va errno is set to indicate the error. .Pp The .Fn umount function returns the value 0 if the umount succeeded; otherwise -1 is returned and the variable .Va errno is set to indicate the error. .Sh ERRORS The .Fn mount function will fail when one of the following occurs: .Bl -tag -width [ENOTBLK] .It Bq Er EPERM The caller is not the super-user. .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters, or the entire length of a path name exceeded 1023 characters. .It Bq Er ELOOP Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating a pathname. .It Bq Er ENOENT A component of .Fa dir does not exist. .It Bq Er ENOTDIR A component of .Ar name is not a directory, or a path prefix of .Ar special is not a directory. .It Bq Er EBUSY Another process currently holds a reference to .Fa dir . .It Bq Er EFAULT .Fa Dir points outside the process's allocated address space. .El .Pp The following errors can occur for a .Em ufs filesystem mount: .Bl -tag -width [ENOTBLK] .It Bq Er ENODEV A component of ufs_args .Ar fspec does not exist. .It Bq Er ENOTBLK .Ar Fspec is not a block device. .It Bq Er ENXIO The major device number of .Ar fspec is out of range (this indicates no device driver exists for the associated hardware). .It Bq Er EBUSY .Ar Fspec is already mounted. .It Bq Er EMFILE No space remains in the mount table. .It Bq Er EINVAL The super block for the filesystem had a bad magic number or an out of range block size. .It Bq Er ENOMEM Not enough memory was available to read the cylinder group information for the filesystem. .It Bq Er EIO An I/O error occurred while reading the super block or cylinder group information. .It Bq Er EFAULT .Ar Fspec points outside the process's allocated address space. .El .Pp The following errors can occur for a .Em nfs filesystem mount: .Bl -tag -width [ENOTBLK] .It Bq Er ETIMEDOUT .Em Nfs timed out trying to contact the server. .It Bq Er EFAULT Some part of the information described by nfs_args points outside the process's allocated address space. .El .Pp The following errors can occur for a .Em mfs filesystem mount: .Bl -tag -width [ENOTBLK] .It Bq Er EMFILE No space remains in the mount table. .It Bq Er EINVAL The super block for the filesystem had a bad magic number or an out of range block size. .It Bq Er ENOMEM Not enough memory was available to read the cylinder group information for the filesystem. .It Bq Er EIO A paging error occurred while reading the super block or cylinder group information. .It Bq Er EFAULT .Em Name points outside the process's allocated address space. .El .Pp The .Fn umount function may fail with one of the following errors: .Bl -tag -width [ENOTBLK] .It Bq Er EPERM The caller is not the super-user. .It Bq Er ENOTDIR A component of the path is not a directory. .It Bq Er EINVAL The pathname contains a character with the high-order bit set. .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters, or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters. .It Bq Er ELOOP Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname. .It Bq Er EINVAL The requested directory is not in the mount table. .It Bq Er EBUSY A process is holding a reference to a file located on the filesystem. .It Bq Er EIO An I/O error occurred while writing cached filesystem information. .It Bq Er EFAULT .Fa Dir points outside the process's allocated address space. .El .Pp A .Em ufs or .Em mfs mount can also fail if the maximum number of filesystems are currently mounted. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mfs 8 , .Xr mount 8 , .Xr umount 8 .Sh BUGS Some of the error codes need translation to more obvious messages. .Sh HISTORY .Fn Mount and .Fn umount function calls appeared in .At v6 .