Mount

Mounting typically involves Article description::the attaching of an additional to the currently accessible filesystem of a computer.

Installation
The command is part of the  package. In Gentoo Linux, is part of the system set and is installed on all Gentoo systems by default.

If for some strange and unordinary reason it is missing it can be re-installed by running a simple command (always use the   option). This can also be used after changing USE flags:

Usage
{{RootInvocation|mount --help|output= Usage: mount [-lhV] mount -a [options] mount [options] [--source]
 * Simulate the mount
 * Specify the filesystem, e.g {{Link|ext4}}
 * Specify the mount options (see below)
 * Mount all filesystems in {{Path|/etc/fstab}}
 * }
 * Specify the mount options (see below)
 * Mount all filesystems in {{Path|/etc/fstab}}
 * }
 * Mount all filesystems in {{Path|/etc/fstab}}
 * }
 * }
 * }

The filesystem being used must support the mount option being passed. Many options are common, but some are filesystem specific.

Mount options of already-mounted filesystems can be changed using  option. For example, setting a filesystem on to be mounted as read-write can be achieved using:

Mounting as non-superuser
According to, only the superuser can mount filesystems. However, when contains the   option on a line, any user will be capable of mounting the corresponding partition, device, drive, etc.

Mounting removable media
See the relevant section in the article.

Mounting Windows shares (CIFS)
Despite entries, non-superuser mounts of Windows shares will fail (for security reasons). In the following example is found a entry for Windows share; pay close attention to the   option:

The solution is to use in combination with a corresponding entry in  to allow passwordless mounting.