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authorDaniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>2020-10-29 13:28:01 -0400
committerDaniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>2020-11-04 13:52:08 -0500
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Add support for mounting external containers
Continue progress on use of external containers. This PR adds the ability to mount, umount and list the storage containers whether they are in libpod or not. Signed-off-by: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-mount.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-mount.1.md
index 33c5aece8..a6ed3f10d 100644
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@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ Mounts the specified containers' root file system in a location which can be
accessed from the host, and returns its location.
If you execute the command without any arguments, Podman will list all of the
-currently mounted containers.
+currently mounted containers, including external containers. External containers are
+containers in container/storage by tools other then Podman. For example Buildah and
+CRI-O.
Rootless mode only supports mounting VFS driver, unless you enter the user namespace
via the `podman unshare` command. All other storage drivers will fail to mount.
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ returned.
**--all**, **-a**
-Mount all containers.
+Mount all podman containers. (External containers will not be mounted)
**--format**=*format*
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-unmount.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-unmount.1.md
index 47c55cc0b..08d1286ab 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-unmount.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-unmount.1.md
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ container's root filesystem is physically unmounted only when the mount
counter reaches zero indicating no other processes are using the mount.
An unmount can be forced with the --force flag.
+Note: Podman can be used to unmount Podman containers as well as external containers.
+External containers are containers created in container/storage by other tools like
+Buildah and CRI-O.
+
## OPTIONS
**--all**, **-a**