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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/5] Add manpages for move_mount(2) and open_tree(2)
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On 8/24/20 12:08 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> +To access the source mount object or the destination mountpoint, no
>>> +permissions are required on the object itself, but if either pathname is
>>> +supplied, execute (search) permission is required on all of the directories
>>> +specified in
>>> +.IR from_pathname " or " to_pathname .
>>> +.PP
>>> +The caller does, however, require the appropriate capabilities or permission
>>> +to effect a mount.
>>
>> Maybe better: s/effect/create/
>
> The mount has already been created. We're moving/attaching it.

Ahh -- then the verb was wrong.

to effect == to cause, bring about
to affect == to change, have an impact on

> Maybe:
>
> The caller does, however, require the appropriate privilege (Linux:
> the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability) to move or attach mounts.

Yes, better.

Thanks,

Michael

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Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
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