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@@ -444,6 +444,13 @@ A partial list of the supported mount options follows:
noposixpaths If CIFS Unix extensions are supported, do not request
posix path name support (this may cause servers to
reject creatingfile with certain reserved characters).
+ nounix Disable the CIFS Unix Extensions for this mount (tree
+ connection). This is rarely needed, but it may be useful
+ in order to turn off multiple settings all at once (ie
+ posix acls, posix locks, posix paths, symlink support
+ and retrieving uids/gids/mode from the server) or to
+ work around a bug in server which implement the Unix
+ Extensions.
nobrl Do not send byte range lock requests to the server.
This is necessary for certain applications that break
with cifs style mandatory byte range locks (and most
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