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+.\" 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 "MOUNT.CIFS" "8" "03 August 2002" "" ""
+.SH NAME
+mount.cifs \- mount using the Common Internet File System (CIFS)
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+
+\fBmount.cifs\fR \fBservice\fR \fBmount-point\fR [ \fB-o options\fR] 
+
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+\fBmount.cifs\fR mounts a Linux CIFS filesystem. It 
+is usually invoked indirectly by
+the \fBmount(8)\fR 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.
+.PP
+The mount.cifs utility attaches the UNC name (exported network resource) to
+the local directory \fBmount-point\fR. 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.
+.PP
+Options to \fBmount.cifs\fR 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.
+.PP
+\fBmount.cifs\fR is a daemon. After mounting it keeps running until
+the mounted resource is unmounted (usually via the umount utility)
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+\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
+form "user%password" or "user/workgroup" or
+"user/workgroup%password" to allow the password and workgroup
+to be specified as part of the username.
+.TP
+\fBpassword=<arg>\fR
+specifies the CIFS password. If this
+option is not given then the environment variable
+\fBPASSWD\fR is used. If it can find
+no password \fBmount.cifs\fR will prompt
+for a passeword, unless the guest option is
+given. 
+
+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.
+.TP
+\fBcredentials=<filename>\fR
+specifies a file that contains a username
+and/or password. The format of the file is:
+
+
+.nf
+		username = <value>
+		password = <value>
+		
+.fi
+
+This is preferred over having passwords in plaintext in a
+shared file, such as \fI/etc/fstab\fR. Be sure to protect any
+credentials file properly.
+.TP
+\fBuid=<arg>\fR
+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.
+.TP
+\fBgid=<arg>\fR
+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.
+.TP
+\fBport=<arg>\fR
+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.
+.TP
+\fBfile_mode=<arg>\fR
+If the server does not support the CIFS Unix extensions this
+overrides default file mode which will be used locally.
+.TP
+\fBdir_mode=<arg>\fR
+If the server does not support the CIFS Unix extensions this
+overrides the default mode for directories. 
+.TP
+\fBip=<arg>\fR
+sets the destination host or IP address.
+.TP
+\fBdomain=<arg>\fR
+sets the domain (workgroup) of the user 
+.TP
+\fBguest\fR
+don't prompt for a password 
+.TP
+\fBro\fR
+mount read-only 
+.TP
+\fBrw\fR
+mount read-write 
+.TP
+\fBrsize\fR
+default network read size
+.TP
+\fBwsize\fR
+default network write size
+.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
+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
+protocol level is high enough to support session-level
+passwords.
+.PP
+The variable \fBPASSWD_FILE\fR may contain the pathname
+of a file to read the password from. A single line of input is
+read and used as the password.
+.SH "CONFIGURATION"
+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
+.SH "BUGS"
+.PP
+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.
+.PP
+The credentials file does not handle usernames or passwords with
+leading space.
+.PP
+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)
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+Documentation/filesystems/cifs.txt and fs/cifs/README in the linux kernel
+source tree may contain additional options and information.
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+Steve French   
+.PP
+The syntax and manpage were loosely based on that of smbmount.
+.PP
+The current maintainer of the Linux cifs vfs and the userspace
+tool \fBmount.cifs\fR is Steve French <URL:mailto:sfrench@samba.org>.
+The SAMBA Mailing list <URL:mailto:samba@samba.org>
+is the preferred place to ask questions regarding these programs.