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diff --git a/docs/podman.1.md b/docs/podman.1.md index 095ccf961..8b9621115 100644 --- a/docs/podman.1.md +++ b/docs/podman.1.md @@ -137,17 +137,7 @@ When Podman runs in rootless mode, the file `$HOME/.config/containers/storage.co **mounts.conf** (`/usr/share/containers/mounts.conf` and optionally `/etc/containers/mounts.conf`) -The mounts.conf files specify volume mount directories that are automatically mounted inside containers when executing the `podman run` or `podman start` commands. Container processes can then use this content. The volume mount content does not get committed to the final image if you do a `podman commit`. - -Usually these directories are used for passing secrets or credentials required by the package software to access remote package repositories. - -For example, a mounts.conf with the line "`/usr/share/rhel/secrets:/run/secrets`", the content of `/usr/share/rhel/secrets` directory is mounted on `/run/secrets` inside the container. This mountpoint allows Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions from the host to be used within the container. - -The format of the mounts.conf is the volume format /SRC:/DEST, one mount per line. Users can create an `/etc/containers/mounts.conf`, to specify their own special volumes to mount in the container. Podman by default reads /usr/share/containers/mounts.conf and the /etc/containers/mounts.conf if it exists. - -Note this is not a volume mount. The content of the volumes is copied into container storage, not bind mounted directly from the host. - -When Podman runs in rootless mode, the file `$HOME/.config/containers/mounts.conf` is also used. +The mounts.conf files specify volume mount directories that are automatically mounted inside containers when executing the `podman run` or `podman start` commands. When Podman runs in rootless mode, the file `$HOME/.config/containers/mounts.conf` is also used. Please refer to containers-mounts.conf(5) for further details. **hook JSON** (`/usr/share/containers/oci/hooks.d/*.json`) @@ -191,7 +181,7 @@ Currently it is not possible to create a network device, so rootless containers then only the loopback device will be available. ## SEE ALSO -`oci-hooks(5)`, `containers-registries.conf(5)`, `containers-storage.conf(5)`, `crio(8)` +`oci-hooks(5)`, `containers-mounts.conf(5)`, `containers-registries.conf(5)`, `containers-storage.conf(5)`, `crio(8)` ## HISTORY Dec 2016, Originally compiled by Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> |