# Re: \[PATCH 2/5\] Add manpages for move\_mount(2) and open\_tree(2)

- From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) \<hidden\>
- Date: 2020-08-26 07:31:34 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2020/08/187343
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fsdevel/2020/08/186101/t.md

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On 8/24/20 12:08 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [ref] 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

-- 
Michael Kerrisk
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