Trying to mount NFS share with selinux context for docker containers results in 'mount.nfs: an incorrect mount option was specified'

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Issue

  • Need to use NFS volumes with docker
  • Trying to mount an NFS share with an SELinux context results in:
    mount.nfs: an incorrect mount option was specified

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host
  • Trying to mount an NFS share with -ocontext==system_u:object_r:svirt_sandbox_file_t:s0 for docker formatted containers

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