MOUNT.9PTLS(8)

📦 version 1.7, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, meet mount.9ptls — the tlsclient mount helper. This is the MOUNT.9PTLS(8) page from the System Manager's Manual, and it's lowkey iconic. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

mount.9ptls [-sfnvh] [-N namespace] [-o options] fileserver mountpoint

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

The mount.9ptls helper gets called by mount(8) to wrap a 9p filesystem through a dp9ik authenticated tls tunnel provided by tlsclient(1). The way it does this is: it interprets the arguments you gave it, sets up the connection, and then passes the file descriptors to the kernel 9p mount. The fileserver is connected to over TCP, doing DNS resolution as required. And because there is no standard port for this type of service, a -o port option is required — fr fr, do not forget it. 😭

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

The following options are ingested by mount.9ptls:

  • port — the TCP port to connect to the filserver on.
  • auth — the shared 9front authentication server to use between mount.9ptls and the fileserver.
  • askpass — the program that is executed to prompt the user for their password. If this is not specified it defaults to systemd-ask-password(1).

All remaining flags and options are preserved as-is and passed along to the resulting 9p fs mount call. slay. ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

tlsclient(1), fstab(5), mount(8)

okay bye bestie! this page's source/version is tlsclient, dated July 20, 2023 — slay and stay hydrated 🌈🫶

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