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What is soft mount?

  1. NFS file system with minimum access

  2. NFS access for root

  3. NFS file system without access

  4. No wait time for NFS mount.
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Explanation

In NFS configurations, mounting with the soft option instructs the client to report an I/O error to the calling process after a timeout threshold is exceeded, rather than waiting or retrying indefinitely. Distractors describing permissions or access limits misidentify NFS mount behaviors.

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