[SATLUG] Quiz time!

[Daniel J. Givens]

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:26:45 -0500 (CDT), Thomas King
<kingttx at tomslinux.homelinux.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 1 Aug 2007 09:36:07 -0500 (CDT), Thomas King
>> <kingttx at tomslinux.homelinux.org> wrote:
>>> Let's go back to the fstab.
>>>
>>> What are the uses for the following options in the /etc/fstab file?
>>> 1. auto
>>
>> Determine the filesystem type automagically
>>
>>> 2. noatime
>>
>> No access time. Turning this off can boost performance at the loss of
>> accountability.
>>
>>> 3. user
>>
>> Allows regular users to mount the filesystem. Normally, only root can
> mount
>> a filesystem.
> 
> #2 and #3 are good, but I believe #1 is incorrect.

Well, it depends on the context. I didn't realize you meant options as in
-o options. Auto in that context means it will be mounted when you run
mount -a.