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+++ b/docs/manpages/smbmount.8
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/>
.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "SMBMOUNT" "8" "24 March 2003" "" ""
-
+.TH "SMBMOUNT" "8" "04 March 2003" "" ""
.SH NAME
smbmount \- mount an smbfs filesystem
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ smbmount \- mount an smbfs filesystem
.PP
\fBsmbmount\fR mounts a Linux SMB filesystem. It
is usually invoked as \fBmount.smbfs\fR by
-the \fBmount\fR(8) command when using the
+the \fBmount(8)\fR command when using the
"-t smbfs" option. This command only works in Linux, and the kernel must
support the smbfs filesystem.
.PP
@@ -28,10 +27,11 @@ unknown options.
\fBsmbmount\fR 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 \fIlog.smbmount\fR. The \fB smbmount\fR process may also be called mount.smbfs.
+typically this output will end up in \fIlog.smbmount\fR. The
+\fBsmbmount\fR process may also be called mount.smbfs.
.PP
\fBNOTE:\fR \fBsmbmount\fR
-calls \fBsmbmnt\fR(8) to do the actual mount. You
+calls \fBsmbmnt(8)\fR to do the actual mount. You
must make sure that \fBsmbmnt\fR is in the path so
that it can be found.
.SH "OPTIONS"
@@ -58,12 +58,14 @@ in the PASSWD environment variable or a credentials file (see
below) will be read correctly.
.TP
\fBcredentials=<filename>\fR
-specifies a file that contains a username and/or password.
-The format of the file is:
+specifies a file that contains a username
+and/or password. The format of the file is:
+
.nf
-username = <value>
-password = <value>
+ username = <value>
+ password = <value>
+
.fi
This is preferred over having passwords in plaintext in a
@@ -112,7 +114,8 @@ sets the destination host or IP address.
sets the workgroup on the destination
.TP
\fBsockopt=<arg>\fR
-sets the TCP socket options. See the \fBsmb.conf\fR(5) \fIsocket options\fR option.
+sets the TCP socket options. See the \fIsmb.conf
+\fR \fIsocket options\fR option.
.TP
\fBscope=<arg>\fR
sets the NetBIOS scope
@@ -193,8 +196,10 @@ source tree may contain additional options and information.
.PP
FreeBSD also has a smbfs, but it is not related to smbmount
.PP
-For Solaris, HP-UX and others you may want to look at \fBsmbsh\fR(1) or at other solutions, such as
-Sharity or perhaps replacing the SMB server with a NFS server.
+For Solaris, HP-UX and others you may want to look at
+\fBsmbsh(1)\fR or at other
+solutions, such as sharity or perhaps replacing the SMB server with
+a NFS server.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
Volker Lendecke, Andrew Tridgell, Michael H. Warfield
@@ -207,5 +212,4 @@ The SAMBA Mailing list <URL:mailto:samba@samba.org>
is the preferred place to ask questions regarding these programs.
.PP
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.
+by Gerald Carter