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cifs-utils: Add mount options for backup intent and their manpages (try #3 repost)

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PATCH 1/1 cifs-utils: Add mount options for backup intent and their manpages (try #3 repost)

From: Shirish Pargaonkar <[email protected]>

Add mount options backupuid and backugid and their manpage contents. Check for either a valid uid/gid or valid user/group name.

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 mount.cifs.8 |   14 +++++++++
 mount.cifs.c |   90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 96 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
mount.cifs.8 +14 -0
index 64a8b64..1210469 100644
@@ -282,6 +282,20 @@ See sections on
 for more information\&.
 .RE
 .PP
+backupuid
+.RS 4
+Allow access to files with the intent to back them up for a user\&.
+.sp
+This option restricts to an user, specified either as an uid or a user name, as an authenticated user at the server, access to files with the intent to back them up including their ACLs, who otherwise may not have access permissions but has "Backup files and directories user right" on them (e.g. by virtue of that authenticated user being part of the built-in group Backup Operators at the server).
+.RE
+.PP
+backupgid
+.RS 4
+Allow access to files with the intent to back them up for a group\&.
+.sp
+This option restricts to an user in a group, specified either as a gid or a group name, as an authenticated user at the server, access to files with the intent to back them up including their ACLs, who otherwise may not have access permissions but has "Backup files and directories user right" on them (e.g. by virtue of that authenticated user being part of the built-in group Backup Operators at the server).
+.RE
+.PP
 nocase
 .RS 4
 Request case insensitive path name matching (case sensitive is the default if the server suports it)\&.
mount.cifs.c +82 -8

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