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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+
+<!ENTITY % globalentities SYSTEM '../global.ent'> %globalentities;
+]>
+<refentry id="mount.cifs.8">
+
+<refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>mount.cifs</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+</refmeta>
+
+
+<refnamediv>
+ <refname>mount.cifs</refname>
+ <refpurpose>mount using the Common Internet File System (CIFS)</refpurpose>
+</refnamediv>
+
+<refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+
+ <command>mount.cifs</command>
+ <arg choice="req">service</arg>
+ <arg choice="req">mount-point</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt">-o options</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+</refsynopsisdiv>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+
+ <para>This tool is part of the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>Samba</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
+
+ <para>mount.cifs mounts a Linux CIFS filesystem. It
+is usually invoked indirectly by
+the <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> 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.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The mount.cifs utility attaches the UNC name (exported network resource) to
+ the local directory <emphasis>mount-point</emphasis>. 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.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Options to <emphasis>mount.cifs</emphasis> 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 filesystem supports them.
+Unrecognized cifs mount options passed to the cifs vfs kernel code will be logged to the
+kernel log.
+
+ </para>
+
+ <para><emphasis>mount.cifs</emphasis> causes the cifs vfs to launch a thread named cifsd. After mounting it keeps running until
+ the mounted resource is unmounted (usually via the umount utility).
+ </para>
+
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>OPTIONS</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term>user=<replaceable>arg</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>specifies the username to connect as. If
+ this is not given, then the environment variable <emphasis>USER</emphasis> 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.
+ </para>
+
+<note>
+ <para>
+ The cifs vfs accepts the parameter <parameter>user=</parameter>, or for users familiar with smbfs it accepts the longer form of the parameter <parameter>username=</parameter>. Similarly the longer smbfs style parameter names may be accepted as synonyms for the shorter cifs parameters <parameter>pass=</parameter>,<parameter>dom=</parameter> and <parameter>cred=</parameter>.
+ </para>
+</note>
+
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>password=<replaceable>arg</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>specifies the CIFS password. If this
+option is not given then the environment variable
+<emphasis>PASSWD</emphasis> is used. If the password is not specified
+directly or indirectly via an argument to mount <emphasis>mount.cifs</emphasis> will prompt
+for a password, unless the guest option is specified.
+</para>
+
+<para>Note that a password which contains the delimiter
+character (i.e. a comma ',') will fail to be parsed correctly
+on the command line. However, the same password defined
+in the PASSWD environment variable or via a credentials file (see
+below) will be read correctly.
+</para>
+ </listitem></varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>credentials=<replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ specifies a file that contains a username
+ and/or password. The format of the file is:
+ </para>
+
+<programlisting>
+ username = <replaceable>value</replaceable>
+ password = <replaceable>value</replaceable>
+</programlisting>
+
+ <para>
+This is preferred over having passwords in plaintext in a
+shared file, such as <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. Be sure to protect any
+credentials file properly.
+ </para>
+ </listitem></varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>uid=<replaceable>arg</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>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.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>gid=<replaceable>arg</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>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.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>port=<replaceable>arg</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>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.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>file_mode=<replaceable>arg</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If the server does not support the CIFS Unix extensions this
+ overrides the default file mode.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>dir_mode=<replaceable>arg</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>If the server does not support the CIFS Unix extensions this
+ overrides the default mode for directories. </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>ip=<replaceable>arg</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>sets the destination host or IP address.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>domain=<replaceable>arg</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>sets the domain (workgroup) of the user </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>guest</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>don't prompt for a password </para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>ro</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>mount read-only</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>rw</term>
+ <listitem><para>mount read-write</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>rsize</term>
+ <listitem><para>default network read size</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>wsize</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>default network write size</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The variable <emphasis>USER</emphasis> may contain the username of the
+person to be used to authenticate to the server.
+The variable can be used to set both username and
+password by using the format username%password.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The variable <emphasis>PASSWD</emphasis> may contain the password of the
+person using the client.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The variable <emphasis>PASSWD_FILE</emphasis> may contain the pathname
+of a file to read the password from. A single line of input is
+read and used as the password.
+ </para>
+
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>NOTES</title>
+
+ <para>This command may be used only by root, unless installed setuid, in which case the noeexec and nosuid mount flags are enabled.</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>CONFIGURATION</title>
+ <para>
+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
+</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>BUGS</title>
+
+ <para>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.</para>
+
+ <para>The credentials file does not handle usernames or passwords with
+ leading space.</para>
+
+ <para>
+Note that the typical response to a bug report is a 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: mount.cifs (try mount.cifs -V), kernel (see /proc/version) and
+server type you are trying to contact.
+</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>VERSION</title>
+
+ <para>This man page is correct for version 1.0.6 of
+ the cifs vfs filesystem (roughly Linux kernel 2.6.6).</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+ <para>
+ Documentation/filesystems/cifs.txt and fs/cifs/README in the linux kernel
+ source tree may contain additional options and information.
+</para>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
+ <title>AUTHOR</title>
+
+ <para>Steve French</para>
+
+ <para>The syntax and manpage were loosely based on that of smbmount. It
+ was converted to Docbook/XML by Jelmer Vernooij.</para>
+
+ <para>The maintainer of the Linux cifs vfs and the userspace
+ tool <emphasis>mount.cifs</emphasis> is <ulink url="mailto:sfrench@samba.org">Steve French</ulink>.
+ The <ulink url="mailto:linux-cifs-client@lists.samba.org">Linux CIFS Mailing list</ulink>
+ is the preferred place to ask questions regarding these programs.
+ </para>
+
+</refsect1>
+
+</refentry>