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diff --git a/docs/manpages/smbmount.8 b/docs/manpages/smbmount.8 index 0d4a7fc870..ac67d0ee60 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smbmount.8 +++ b/docs/manpages/smbmount.8 @@ -1,14 +1,15 @@ -.\" This manpage has been automatically generated by docbook2man-spec -.\" from a DocBook document. docbook2man-spec can be found at: -.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/hacks/docbook2X/> +.\" This manpage has been automatically generated by docbook2man +.\" from a DocBook document. This tool can be found at: +.\" <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" "08 May 2002" "" "" +.TH "SMBMOUNT" "8" "01 October 2002" "" "" .SH NAME smbmount \- mount an smbfs filesystem .SH SYNOPSIS -.sp -\fBsmbmount\fR \fBservice\fR \fBmount-point\fR [ \fB-o options\fR ] + +\fBsmbmount\fR \fBservice\fR \fBmount-point\fR [ \fB-o options\fR ] + .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP \fBsmbmount\fR mounts a Linux SMB filesystem. It @@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ that it can be found. .TP \fBusername=<arg>\fR specifies the username to connect as. If -this is not given, then the environment variable \fB USER\fR is used. This option can also take the +this is not given, then the environment variable \fB USER\fR 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. @@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ no password \fBsmbmount\fR will prompt for a passeword, unless the guest option is given. -Note that password which contain the arguement delimiter +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 +on the command line. However, the same password defined in the PASSWD environment variable or a credentials file (see below) will be read correctly. .TP @@ -60,12 +61,11 @@ below) will be read correctly. specifies a file that contains a username and/or password. The format of the file is: -.sp + .nf username = <value> password = <value> -.sp .fi This is preferred over having passwords in plaintext in a @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ sets the workgroup on the destination .TP \fBsockopt=<arg>\fR sets the TCP socket options. See the \fIsmb.conf -\fR\fIsocket options\fR option. +\fR \fIsocket options\fR option. .TP \fBscope=<arg>\fR sets the NetBIOS scope @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ option. Example value cp850. (Note: only kernel 2.4.0 or later) .TP \fBttl=<arg>\fR -how long a directory listing is cached in milliseconds +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 @@ -153,13 +153,13 @@ in many cases. .SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" .PP The variable \fBUSER\fR may contain the username of the -person using the client. This information is used only if 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. .PP The variable \fBPASSWD\fR may contain the password of the -person using the client. This information is used only if the +person using the client. This information is used only if the protocol level is high enough to support session-level passwords. .PP @@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ 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) -.PP .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt in the linux kernel @@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ source tree may contain additional options and information. 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(1)\fRor at other +\fBsmbsh(1)\fR or at other solutions, such as sharity or perhaps replacing the SMB server with a NFS server. .SH "AUTHOR" |