Mounting A File System - Red Hat GLOBAL FILE SYSTEM 4.5 Manual

Chapter 4. Managing GFS
Flag Parameter
-V
Table 4.1. Command Options:

2. Mounting a File System

Before you can mount a GFS file system, the file system must exist (refer to
a File System"), the volume where the file system exists must be activated, and the supporting
clustering and locking systems must be started (refer to
Configuring and Managing a Red Hat Cluster. After those requirements have been met, you can
mount the GFS file system as you would any Linux file system.
To manipulate file ACLs, you must mount the file system with the
system is mounted without the
), but are not allowed to set them (with
getfacl
Usage
Mounting Without ACL Manipulation
mount -t gfs BlockDevice MountPoint
Mounting With ACL Manipulation
mount -t gfs -o acl BlockDevice MountPoint
-o acl
GFS-specific option to allow manipulating file ACLs.
BlockDevice
Specifies the block device where the GFS file system resides.
MountPoint
Specifies the directory where the GFS file system should be mounted.
Example
18
Description
management GUI.
, the file-system name, can be 1 to 16
FSName
characters in length, and the name must be unique
among all file systems in the cluster.
Displays command version information.
gfs_mkfs
mount option, users are allowed to view ACLs (with
-o acl
setfacl
Section 1, "Making
Chapter 3, Getting Started
mount option. If a file
-o acl
).
and