git: a067eb525e10 - main - mount.8: document nosymfollow option

The branch main has been updated by wosch:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=a067eb525e10acc9d7e1f3b1a8a6dfeca42b4424

commit a067eb525e10acc9d7e1f3b1a8a6dfeca42b4424
Author:     Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-11-24 08:33:07 +0000
Commit:     Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-11-24 08:33:07 +0000

    mount.8: document nosymfollow option
    
    Document the nosymfollow mount option in more details.
    Forgotten in 5ddc8ded1dbe650b7d83240a1f86a1eb6e2b9b5a
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 sbin/mount/mount.8 | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sbin/mount/mount.8 b/sbin/mount/mount.8
index 154ad293aee4..877001727a8f 100644
--- a/sbin/mount/mount.8
+++ b/sbin/mount/mount.8
@@ -270,8 +270,11 @@ Note: this option is worthless if a public available suid or sgid
 wrapper is installed on your system.
 It is set automatically when the user does not have super-user privileges.
 .It Cm nosymfollow
-Do not follow symlinks
-on the mounted file system.
+Do not follow symlinks on the mounted file system.
+.Pp
+This option is intended to be used when mounting file systems
+from untrusted external storage systems or public writable /tmp file systems.
+You can still create or remove symlinks, or read the value of a symbolic link.
 .It Cm ro
 Mount the filesystem read-only, even the super-user may not write it.
 Equivalent to
@@ -571,6 +574,7 @@ support for a particular file system might be provided either on a static
 .Xr lsvfs 1 ,
 .Xr setfacl 1 ,
 .Xr nmount 2 ,
+.Xr symlink 2 ,
 .Xr acl 3 ,
 .Xr getmntinfo 3 ,
 .Xr libxo 3 ,
@@ -584,6 +588,7 @@ support for a particular file system might be provided either on a static
 .Xr tarfs 4 ,
 .Xr tmpfs 4 ,
 .Xr fstab 5 ,
+.Xr symlink 7 ,
 .Xr automount 8 ,
 .Xr fstyp 8 ,
 .Xr kldload 8 ,