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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/smbmount.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/smbmount.8.html index 94560fba66..81a3ac04b2 100644 --- a/docs/htmldocs/smbmount.8.html +++ b/docs/htmldocs/smbmount.8.html @@ -1,70 +1,321 @@ -<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>smbmount</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.59.1"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="smbmount.8"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>smbmount — mount an smbfs filesystem</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><tt>smbmount</tt> {service} {mount-point} [-o options]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p><b>smbmount</b> mounts a Linux SMB filesystem. It - is usually invoked as <b>mount.smbfs</b> by - the <a href="mount.8.html">mount(8)</a> command when using the - "-t smbfs" option. This command only works in Linux, and the kernel must - support the smbfs filesystem. </p><p>Options to <b>smbmount</b> are specified as a comma-separated +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<HTML +><HEAD +><TITLE +>smbmount</TITLE +><META +NAME="GENERATOR" +CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.77"></HEAD +><BODY +CLASS="REFENTRY" +BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" +TEXT="#000000" +LINK="#0000FF" +VLINK="#840084" +ALINK="#0000FF" +><H1 +><A +NAME="SMBMOUNT" +></A +>smbmount</H1 +><DIV +CLASS="REFNAMEDIV" +><A +NAME="AEN5" +></A +><H2 +>Name</H2 +>smbmount -- mount an smbfs filesystem</DIV +><DIV +CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV" +><A +NAME="AEN8" +></A +><H2 +>Synopsis</H2 +><P +><B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbmount</B +> {service} {mount-point} [-o options]</P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="REFSECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN14" +></A +><H2 +>DESCRIPTION</H2 +><P +><B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbmount</B +> mounts a Linux SMB filesystem. It + is usually invoked as <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>mount.smbfs</B +> by + the <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>mount(8)</B +> command when using the + "-t smbfs" option. This command only works in Linux, and the kernel must + support the smbfs filesystem. </P +><P +>Options to <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbmount</B +> are specified as a comma-separated list of key=value pairs. It is possible to send options other than those listed here, assuming that smbfs supports them. If you get mount failures, check your kernel log for errors on - unknown options.</p><p><b>smbmount</b> is a daemon. After mounting it keeps running until + unknown options.</P +><P +><B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbmount</B +> is a daemon. After mounting it keeps running until the mounted smbfs is umounted. It will log things that happen - when in daemon mode using the "machine name" smbmount, so - typically this output will end up in <tt>log.smbmount</tt>. The <b> - smbmount</b> process may also be called mount.smbfs.</p><p><span class="emphasis"><em>NOTE:</em></span> <b>smbmount</b> - calls <a href="smbmnt.8.html">smbmnt(8)</a> to do the actual mount. You - must make sure that <b>smbmnt</b> is in the path so - that it can be found. </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">username=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>specifies the username to connect as. If - this is not given, then the environment variable <tt> - USER</tt> 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=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>specifies the SMB password. If this + when in daemon mode using the "machine name" smbmount, so + typically this output will end up in <TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>log.smbmount</TT +>. The + <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbmount</B +> process may also be called mount.smbfs.</P +><P +><SPAN +CLASS="emphasis" +><I +CLASS="EMPHASIS" +>NOTE:</I +></SPAN +> <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbmount</B +> + calls <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbmnt(8)</B +> to do the actual mount. You + must make sure that <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbmnt</B +> is in the path so + that it can be found. </P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="REFSECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN31" +></A +><H2 +>OPTIONS</H2 +><P +></P +><DIV +CLASS="VARIABLELIST" +><DL +><DT +>username=<arg></DT +><DD +><P +>specifies the username to connect as. If + this is not given, then the environment variable <TT +CLASS="ENVAR" +> USER</TT +> 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 +>password=<arg></DT +><DD +><P +>specifies the SMB password. If this option is not given then the environment variable - <tt>PASSWD</tt> is used. If it can find - no password <b>smbmount</b> will prompt + <TT +CLASS="ENVAR" +>PASSWD</TT +> is used. If it can find + no password <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbmount</B +> will prompt for a passeword, unless the guest option is - given. </p><p> - Note that passwords which contain the argument delimiter + given. </P +><P +> Note that passwords which contain the argument 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=<filename></span></dt><dd><p>specifies a file that contains a username and/or password. -The format of the file is: -</p><pre class="programlisting"> -username = <value> -password = <value> -</pre><p>This is preferred over having passwords in plaintext in a - shared file, such as <tt>/etc/fstab</tt>. Be sure to protect any + </P +></DD +><DT +>credentials=<filename></DT +><DD +><P +>specifies a file that contains a username + and/or password. The format of the file is:</P +><P +> <PRE +CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING" +> username = <value> + password = <value> + </PRE +> + </P +><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">krb</span></dt><dd><p>Use kerberos (Active Directory). </p></dd><dt><span class="term">netbiosname=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>sets the source NetBIOS name. It defaults - to the local hostname. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">uid=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>sets the uid that will own all files on + </P +></DD +><DT +>netbiosname=<arg></DT +><DD +><P +>sets the source NetBIOS name. It defaults + to the local hostname. </P +></DD +><DT +>uid=<arg></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. - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">gid=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>sets the gid that will own all files on + </P +></DD +><DT +>gid=<arg></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. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">port=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>sets the remote SMB port number. The default - is 139. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">fmask=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>sets the file mask. This determines the + gid. </P +></DD +><DT +>port=<arg></DT +><DD +><P +>sets the remote SMB port number. The default + is 139. </P +></DD +><DT +>fmask=<arg></DT +><DD +><P +>sets the file mask. This determines the permissions that remote files have in the local filesystem. - The default is based on the current umask. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">dmask=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>Sets the directory mask. This determines the + The default is based on the current umask. </P +></DD +><DT +>dmask=<arg></DT +><DD +><P +>sets the directory mask. This determines the permissions that remote directories have in the local filesystem. - The default is based on the current umask. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">debug=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>Sets the debug level. This is useful for + The default is based on the current umask. </P +></DD +><DT +>debug=<arg></DT +><DD +><P +>sets the debug level. This is useful for tracking down SMB connection problems. A suggested value to start with is 4. If set too high there will be a lot of - output, possibly hiding the useful output.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">ip=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>Sets the destination host or IP address. - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">workgroup=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>Sets the workgroup on the destination </p></dd><dt><span class="term">sockopt=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>Sets the TCP socket options. See the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#SOCKETOPTIONS" target="_top"><a href="smb.conf.5.html">smb.conf(5)</a></a> <i><tt>socket options</tt></i> option. - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">scope=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>Sets the NetBIOS scope </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">iocharset=<arg></span></dt><dd><p> - sets the charset used by the Linux side for codepage + output, possibly hiding the useful output.</P +></DD +><DT +>ip=<arg></DT +><DD +><P +>sets the destination host or IP address. + </P +></DD +><DT +>workgroup=<arg></DT +><DD +><P +>sets the workgroup on the destination </P +></DD +><DT +>sockopt=<arg></DT +><DD +><P +>sets the TCP socket options. See the <A +HREF="smb.conf.5.html#SOCKETOPTIONS" +TARGET="_top" +><TT +CLASS="FILENAME" +>smb.conf + </TT +></A +> <TT +CLASS="PARAMETER" +><I +>socket options</I +></TT +> option. + </P +></DD +><DT +>scope=<arg></DT +><DD +><P +>sets the NetBIOS scope </P +></DD +><DT +>guest</DT +><DD +><P +>don't prompt for a password </P +></DD +><DT +>ro</DT +><DD +><P +>mount read-only </P +></DD +><DT +>rw</DT +><DD +><P +>mount read-write </P +></DD +><DT +>iocharset=<arg></DT +><DD +><P +> sets the charset used by the Linux side for codepage to charset translations (NLS). Argument should be the name of a charset, like iso8859-1. (Note: only kernel 2.4.0 or later) - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">codepage=<arg></span></dt><dd><p> - sets the codepage the server uses. See the iocharset + </P +></DD +><DT +>codepage=<arg></DT +><DD +><P +> sets the codepage the server uses. See the iocharset option. Example value cp850. (Note: only kernel 2.4.0 or later) - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">ttl=<arg></span></dt><dd><p> - sets how long a directory listing is cached in milliseconds + </P +></DD +><DT +>ttl=<arg></DT +><DD +><P +> sets how long a directory listing is cached in milliseconds (also affects visibility of file size and date changes). A higher value means that changes on the server take longer to be noticed but it can give @@ -73,34 +324,141 @@ password = <value> like 10000ms (10 seconds) is probably more reasonable in many cases. (Note: only kernel 2.4.2 or later) - </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</h2><p>The variable <tt>USER</tt> may contain the username of the + </P +></DD +></DL +></DIV +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="REFSECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN125" +></A +><H2 +>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</H2 +><P +>The variable <TT +CLASS="ENVAR" +>USER</TT +> 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 <tt>PASSWD</tt> may contain the password of the + password by using the format username%password.</P +><P +>The variable <TT +CLASS="ENVAR" +>PASSWD</TT +> 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 <tt>PASSWD_FILE</tt> may contain the pathname + passwords.</P +><P +>The variable <TT +CLASS="ENVAR" +>PASSWD_FILE</TT +> 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>BUGS</h2><p>Passwords and other options containing , can not be handled. + read and used as the password.</P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="REFSECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN133" +></A +><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>One smbfs bug is important enough to mention here, even if it - is a bit misplaced:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>Mounts sometimes stop working. This is usually + file or in the PASSWD environment.</P +><P +>The credentials file does not handle usernames or passwords with + leading space.</P +><P +>One smbfs bug is important enough to mention here, even if it + is a bit misplaced:</P +><P +></P +><UL +><LI +><P +>Mounts sometimes stop working. This is usually caused by smbmount terminating. Since smbfs needs smbmount to reconnect when the server disconnects, the mount will eventually go dead. An umount/mount normally fixes this. At least 2 ways to - trigger this bug are known.</p></li></ul></div><p>Note that the typical response to a bug report is suggestion + trigger this bug are known.</P +></LI +></UL +><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>SEE ALSO</h2><p>Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt in the linux kernel - source tree may contain additional options and information.</p><p>FreeBSD also has a smbfs, but it is not related to smbmount</p><p>For Solaris, HP-UX and others you may want to look at <a href="smbsh.1.html">smbsh(1)</a> or at other solutions, such as - Sharity or perhaps replacing the SMB server with a NFS server.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>Volker Lendecke, Andrew Tridgell, Michael H. Warfield - and others.</p><p>The current maintainer of smbfs and the userspace - tools <b>smbmount</b>, <b>smbumount</b>, - and <b>smbmnt</b> is <a href="mailto:urban@teststation.com" target="_top">Urban Widmark</a>. - The <a href="mailto:samba@samba.org" target="_top">SAMBA Mailing list</a> + when reporting bugs (minimum: samba, kernel, distribution)</P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="REFSECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN142" +></A +><H2 +>SEE ALSO</H2 +><P +>Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt in the linux kernel + source tree may contain additional options and information.</P +><P +>FreeBSD also has a smbfs, but it is not related to smbmount</P +><P +>For Solaris, HP-UX and others you may want to look at + <A +HREF="smbsh.1.html" +TARGET="_top" +><B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbsh(1)</B +></A +> or at other + solutions, such as sharity or perhaps replacing the SMB server with + a NFS server.</P +></DIV +><DIV +CLASS="REFSECT1" +><A +NAME="AEN149" +></A +><H2 +>AUTHOR</H2 +><P +>Volker Lendecke, Andrew Tridgell, Michael H. Warfield + and others.</P +><P +>The current maintainer of smbfs and the userspace + tools <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbmount</B +>, <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbumount</B +>, + and <B +CLASS="COMMAND" +>smbmnt</B +> is <A +HREF="mailto:urban@teststation.com" +TARGET="_top" +>Urban Widmark</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><p>The conversion of this manpage for Samba 2.2 was performed - by Gerald Carter. The conversion to DocBook XML 4.2 for Samba 3.0 - was done by Alexander Bokovoy.</p></div></div></body></html> + </P +><P +>The conversion of this manpage for Samba 2.2 was performed + by Gerald Carter</P +></DIV +></BODY +></HTML +>
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