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.\" This manpage has been automatically generated by docbook2man
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.\" 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.
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