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29.Dd February 15, 2009
30.Dt RUMP_NTFS 8
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm rump_ntfs
34.Nd mount the ntfs file system using a userspace server
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Cd "file-system PUFFS"
37.Cd "pseudo-device putter"
38.Pp
39.Nm
40.Op options
41.Ar special
42.Ar node
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46utility can be used to mount ntfs file systems.
47It uses
48.Xr rump 3
49and
50.Xr p2k 3
51to facilitate running the file system as a server in userspace.
52As opposed to
53.Xr mount_ntfs 8 ,
54.Nm
55does not use file system code within the kernel and therefore does
56not require kernel support except
57.Xr puffs 4 .
58Apart from a minor speed penalty (starting from 10% and depending
59on the workload and file system in question), there is no difference
60to using in-kernel code.
61.Pp
62In case mounting a file system image from a regular file,
63.Nm
64does not require the use of
65.Xr vnconfig 8
66unlike kernel file systems.
67Instead, the image path can be directly passed as the special file path.
68The exception is if the image contains a disklabel.
69In this case vnconfig is required to resolve the start offset for the
70correct partition within the image.
71.Pp
72It is recommended that untrusted file system images be mounted with
73.Nm
74instead of
75.Xr mount_ntfs 8 .
76Corrupt file system images commonly cause the file system
77to crash the entire kernel, but with
78.Nm
79only the userspace server process will dump core.
80.Pp
81To use
82.Nm
83via
84.Xr mount 8 ,
85the flags
86.Fl o Ar rump
87and
88.Fl t Ar ntfs
89should be given.
90Similarly,
91.Nm
92is run instead of
93.Xr mount_ntfs 8
94if
95.Dq rump
96is added to the options field of
97.Xr fstab 5 .
98.Pp
99Please see
100.Xr mount_ntfs 8
101for a full description of the available command line options.
102.Sh SEE ALSO
103.Xr p2k 3 ,
104.Xr puffs 3 ,
105.Xr rump 3 ,
106.Xr mount_ntfs 8
107.Sh HISTORY
108The
109.Nm
110utility first appeared in
111.Nx 5.0 .
112It is currently considered experimental.
113