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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/mount.cifs.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/mount.cifs.8.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..766e00fd11 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/htmldocs/mount.cifs.8.html @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>mount.cifs</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.60.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="mount.cifs.8"></a><div class="titlepage"><div></div><div></div></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>mount.cifs — mount using the Common Internet File System (CIFS)</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><tt class="command">mount.cifs</tt> {service} {mount-point} [-o options]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p>This tool is part of the <a href="Samba.7.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">Samba</span>(7)</span></a> suite.</p><p>mount.cifs mounts a Linux CIFS filesystem. It +is usually invoked indirectly by +the <a href="mount.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mount</span>(8)</span></a> command when using the +"-t cifs" option. This command only works in Linux, and the kernel must +support the cifs filesystem. The CIFS protocol is the successor to the +SMB protocol and is supported by most Windows servers and many other +commercial servers and Network Attached Storage appliances as well as +by the popular Open Source server Samba. + </p><p> + The mount.cifs utility attaches the UNC name (exported network resource) to + the local directory <span class="emphasis"><em>mount-point</em></span>. It is possible to set the mode for mount.cifs to +setuid root to allow non-root users to mount shares to directories for which they +have write permission. + </p><p> + Options to <span class="emphasis"><em>mount.cifs</em></span> are specified as a comma-separated +list of key=value pairs. It is possible to send options other +than those listed here, assuming that cifs supports them. If +you get mount failures, check your kernel log for errors on +unknown options. + </p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>mount.cifs</em></span> is a daemon. After mounting it keeps running until + the mounted resource is unmounted (usually via the umount utility) + </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">username=<i class="replaceable"><tt>arg</tt></i></span></dt><dd><p>specifies the username to connect as. If + this is not given, then the environment variable <span class="emphasis"><em>USER</em></span> is used. This option can also take the +form "user%password" or "user/workgroup" or +"user/workgroup%password" to allow the password and workgroup +to be specified as part of the username. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">password=<i class="replaceable"><tt>arg</tt></i></span></dt><dd><p>specifies the CIFS password. If this +option is not given then the environment variable +<span class="emphasis"><em>PASSWD</em></span> is used. If it can find +no password <span class="emphasis"><em>mount.cifs</em></span> will prompt +for a passeword, unless the guest option is +given. +</p><p>Note that password which contain the arguement delimiter +character (i.e. a comma ',') will failed to be parsed correctly +on the command line. However, the same password defined +in the PASSWD environment variable or a credentials file (see +below) will be read correctly. +</p></dd><dt><span class="term">credentials=<i class="replaceable"><tt>filename</tt></i></span></dt><dd><p> + specifies a file that contains a username + and/or password. The format of the file is: + </p><pre class="programlisting"> +.nf + username = <i class="replaceable"><tt>value</tt></i> + password = <i class="replaceable"><tt>value</tt></i> +.fi +</pre><p> +This is preferred over having passwords in plaintext in a +shared file, such as <tt class="filename">/etc/fstab</tt>. Be sure to protect any +credentials file properly. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">uid=<i class="replaceable"><tt>arg</tt></i></span></dt><dd><p>sets the uid that will own all files on + the mounted filesystem. + It may be specified as either a username or a numeric uid. + This parameter is ignored when the target server supports + the CIFS Unix extensions.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">gid=<i class="replaceable"><tt>arg</tt></i></span></dt><dd><p>sets the gid that will own all files on +the mounted filesystem. +It may be specified as either a groupname or a numeric +gid. This parameter is ignored when the target server supports +the CIFS Unix extensions. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">port=<i class="replaceable"><tt>arg</tt></i></span></dt><dd><p>sets the port number on the server to attempt to contact to negotiate +CIFS support. If the CIFS server is not listening on this port or +if it is not specified, the default ports will be tried i.e. +port 445 is tried and if no response then port 139 is tried. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">file_mode=<i class="replaceable"><tt>arg</tt></i></span></dt><dd><p>If the server does not support the CIFS Unix extensions this + overrides default file mode which will be used locally.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">dir_mode=<i class="replaceable"><tt>arg</tt></i></span></dt><dd><p>If the server does not support the CIFS Unix extensions this + overrides the default mode for directories. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">ip=<i class="replaceable"><tt>arg</tt></i></span></dt><dd><p>sets the destination host or IP address.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">domain=<i class="replaceable"><tt>arg</tt></i></span></dt><dd><p>sets the domain (workgroup) of the user </p></dd><dt><span class="term">guest</span></dt><dd><p>don't prompt for a password </p></dd><dt><span class="term">ro</span></dt><dd><p>mount read-only</p></dd><dt><span class="term">rw</span></dt><dd><p>mount read-write</p></dd><dt><span class="term">rsize</span></dt><dd><p>default network read size</p></dd><dt><span class="term">wsize</span></dt><dd><p>default network write size</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</h2><p> + The variable <span class="emphasis"><em>USER</em></span> may contain the username of the +person using the client. This information is used only if the +protocol level is high enough to support session-level +passwords. The variable can be used to set both username and +password by using the format username%password. + </p><p> + The variable <span class="emphasis"><em>PASSWD</em></span> may contain the password of the +person using the client. This information is used only if the +protocol level is high enough to support session-level +passwords. + </p><p> + The variable <span class="emphasis"><em>PASSWD_FILE</em></span> may contain the pathname +of a file to read the password from. A single line of input is +read and used as the password. + </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>NOTES</h2><p>This command may be used only by root.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>CONFIGURATION</h2><p> +The primary mechanism for making configuration changes and for reading +debug information for the cifs vfs is via the Linux /proc filesystem. +In the directory /proc/fs/cifs are various configuration files and +pseudo files which can display debug information. For more +information see the kernel file fs/cifs/README +</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>BUGS</h2><p>Passwords and other options containing , can not be handled. +For passwords an alternative way of passing them is in a credentials +file or in the PASSWD environment.</p><p>The credentials file does not handle usernames or passwords with + leading space.</p><p> +Note that the typical response to a bug report is suggestion +to try the latest version first. So please try doing that first, +and always include which versions you use of relevant software +when reporting bugs (minimum: samba, kernel, distribution) +</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>VERSION</h2><p>This man page is correct for version 3.0 of + the Samba suite.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p> + Documentation/filesystems/cifs.txt and fs/cifs/README in the linux kernel + source tree may contain additional options and information. +</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>Steve French</p><p>The syntax and manpage were loosely based on that of smbmount. It + was converted to Docbook/XML by Jelmer Vernooij.</p><p>The current maintainer of the Linux cifs vfs and the userspace + tool <span class="emphasis"><em>mount.cifs</em></span> is <a href="mailto:sfrench@samba.org" target="_top">Steve French</a>. + The <a href="mailto:samba@samba.org" target="_top">SAMBA Mailing list</a> + is the preferred place to ask questions regarding these programs. + </p></div></div></body></html> |