How to get ACL working in CentOS?

Question

I have this line in fstab:

/dev/sda3  /  ext3  defaults  1  2

I supposed I should change it to:

/dev/sda3  /  ext3  defaults,acl  1  2

I also suppose I should run:

mount -t ext3 -o acl /dev/sda3 /

Oh, but I get an error that it's already mounted or "/" is busy. How do I do this without crashing the system?

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Michael Hampton · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-15 03:34:07Z

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You can pass the remount option to the mount command, for instance:

mount -o remount /

This will cause it to re-read /etc/fstab and apply your new options.

answered Nov 15, 2012 at 3:26

Michael Hampton

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this will not make the system unusable? will it kick me out of ssh connection?
– Buttle Butkus
Nov 15, 2012 at 3:29
No and no. This is very basic stuff here.
– Michael Hampton
Nov 15, 2012 at 3:33
Yes, I'm sure it is. I've messed with some mounting stuff in the past but spend most of my time on programming. I have no idea what is actually going on when a filesystem is unmounted, but it sounds potentially disastrous. Just ran your command and now testing to see if my acl is working finally.
– Buttle Butkus
Nov 15, 2012 at 3:35

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