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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2016-06-26 16:09:06 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2016-06-26 16:09:06 +0200
commit8a9fb19dbd1a033e3e0552b7bf8a754f9d7c8896 (patch)
tree7bb6cfb4bb4c2bdcbef36019f677916f1e7cc79c
parent329ad271422c79377b20057863694c5570fbdfc3 (diff)
downloadman-pages-8a9fb19dbd1a033e3e0552b7bf8a754f9d7c8896.tar.gz
user_namespaces.7: Clarify CAP_SYS_ADMIN details for mounting FS_USERNS_MOUNT filesystems
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--man7/user_namespaces.75
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man7/user_namespaces.7 b/man7/user_namespaces.7
index 5c792985eb..6ab9b7ede2 100644
--- a/man7/user_namespaces.7
+++ b/man7/user_namespaces.7
@@ -230,8 +230,9 @@ user namespace can perform such operations.
Holding
.B CAP_SYS_ADMIN
-within a (noninitial) user namespace allows the creation of bind mounts,
-and mounting of the following types of filesystems:
+within the user namespace associated with a process's mount namespace
+allows that process to create bind mounts
+and mount the following types of filesystems:
.\" fs_flags = FS_USERNS_MOUNT in kernel sources
.RS 4