mount.nfs.man - Use nolocks for /, /usr, /var

Make it clear in manpage for mount.nfs that using nolock is
appropriate for /, /usr and /var.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>

diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man
index 614de46764fa19f1a23ee9374f79f9c24eff266d..8abdb8394ead612b2597fc3cf067d42a448df48d 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/mount/nfs.man
+++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man
@@ -195,11 +195,18 @@ many other operating systems.
 .TP 1.5i
 .I nolock
 Disable NFS locking. Do not start lockd.
 .TP 1.5i
 .I nolock
 Disable NFS locking. Do not start lockd.

-This has to be used with some old NFS servers
-that don't support locking.  Note that applications can
-still get locks on files, but the locks only provide exclusion
-locally.  Other clients mounting the same filesystem
-will not be able to detect the locks.
+This is appropriate for mounting the root filesystem or
+.B /usr
+or
+.BR /var .
+These filesystems are typically either read-only or not shared, and in
+those cases, remote locking is not needed.
+This also needs to be used with some old NFS servers
+that don't support locking.
+.br
+Note that applications can still get locks on files, but the locks
+only provide exclusion locally.  Other clients mounting the same
+filesystem will not be able to detect the locks.

 .TP 1.5i
 .I bg
 If the first NFS mount attempt times out, retry the mount
 .TP 1.5i
 .I bg
 If the first NFS mount attempt times out, retry the mount