From ce602323810efaba64cc4e18fe02bb250af8302a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 05:49:58 +0000
Subject: Add a CAVEAT section documenting the minimum permissions required for
 a mount point to be traversable in both directions by all users.

PR: 7172
---
 sbin/mount_ifs/mount.8 | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'sbin/mount_ifs')

diff --git a/sbin/mount_ifs/mount.8 b/sbin/mount_ifs/mount.8
index 7c9c36e47655..dfb7936af9af 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_ifs/mount.8
+++ b/sbin/mount_ifs/mount.8
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)mount.8	8.8 (Berkeley) 6/16/94
-.\"	$Id: mount.8,v 1.21 1997/12/01 00:44:16 steve Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mount.8,v 1.22 1998/04/08 18:31:18 wosch Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd June 16, 1994
 .Dt MOUNT 8
@@ -348,6 +348,13 @@ file system table
 .Xr umount 8
 .Sh BUGS
 It is possible for a corrupted file system to cause a crash.
+.Sh CAVEATS
+After a successful mount, the permissions on the original mount point 
+determine if 
+.Pa ".."
+is accessible from the mounted file system.  The minimum permissions for
+the mount point for traversal across the mount point in both 
+directions to be possible for all users is 0111 (execute for all).
 .Sh HISTORY
 A
 .Nm
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