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diff --git a/docs/htmldocs/manpages/smbmount.8.html b/docs/htmldocs/manpages/smbmount.8.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4ff97eaecf --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/htmldocs/manpages/smbmount.8.html @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>smbmount</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.72.0"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"><a name="smbmount.8"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>smbmount — mount an smbfs filesystem</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="literal">smbmount</code> {service} {mount-point} [-o options]</p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id267695"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2><p><code class="literal">smbmount</code> mounts a Linux SMB filesystem. It + is usually invoked as <code class="literal">mount.smbfs</code> by + the <a href="mount.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">mount</span>(8)</span></a> command when using the + "-t smbfs" option. This command only works in Linux, and the kernel must + support the smbfs filesystem.</p><p>WARNING: <code class="literal">smbmount</code> is deprecated and not + maintained any longer. <code class="literal">mount.cifs</code> (mount -t cifs) + should be used instead of <code class="literal">smbmount</code>.</p><p>Options to <code class="literal">smbmount</code> are specified as a comma-separated + list of key=value pairs. It is possible to send options other + than those listed here, assuming that smbfs supports them. If + you get mount failures, check your kernel log for errors on + unknown options.</p><p><code class="literal">smbmount</code> 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 <code class="filename">log.smbmount</code>. The <code class="literal"> + smbmount</code> process may also be called mount.smbfs.</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> <code class="literal">smbmount</code> + calls <a href="smbmnt.8.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbmnt</span>(8)</span></a> to do the actual mount. You + must make sure that <code class="literal">smbmnt</code> is in the path so + that it can be found. </p></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id266728"></a><h2>OPTIONS</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">username=<arg></span></dt><dd><p> + specifies the username to connect as. If this is not given, then the environment variable <code class="envar"> USER</code> + 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. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">password=<arg></span></dt><dd><p> + specifies the SMB password. If this option is not given then the environment + variable <code class="literal">PASSWD</code> is used. If it can find no password + <code class="literal">smbmount</code> will prompt for a password, unless the guest option is given. + </p><p> + 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 in the PASSWD environment variable or a + credentials file (see below) will be read correctly. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">credentials=<filename></span></dt><dd><p>specifies a file that contains a username and/or password. +The format of the file is: +</p><pre class="programlisting"> +username=value +password=value +</pre><p>This is preferred over having passwords in plaintext in a + shared file, such as <code class="filename">/etc/fstab</code>. Be sure to protect any + credentials file properly. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">krb</span></dt><dd><p>Use kerberos (Active Directory). </p></dd><dt><span class="term">netbiosname=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>sets the source NetBIOS name. It defaults + to the local hostname. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">uid=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>sets the uid that will own all files on + the mounted filesystem. + It may be specified as either a username or a numeric uid. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">gid=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>sets the gid that will own all files on + the mounted filesystem. + It may be specified as either a groupname or a numeric + gid. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">port=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>sets the remote SMB port number. The default + is 445, fallback is 139. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">fmask=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>sets the file mask. This determines the + permissions that remote files have in the local filesystem. + This is not a umask, but the actual permissions for the files. + The default is based on the current umask. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">dmask=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>Sets the directory mask. This determines the + permissions that remote directories have in the local filesystem. + This is not a umask, but the actual permissions for the directories. + The default is based on the current umask. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">debug=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>Sets the debug level. This is useful for + tracking down SMB connection problems. A suggested value to + start with is 4. If set too high there will be a lot of + output, possibly hiding the useful output.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">ip=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>Sets the destination host or IP address. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">workgroup=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>Sets the workgroup on the destination </p></dd><dt><span class="term">sockopt=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>Sets the TCP socket options. See the <a href="smb.conf.5.html#SOCKETOPTIONS" target="_top"><a href="smb.conf.5.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smb.conf</span>(5)</span></a></a> <em class="parameter"><code>socket options</code></em> option. + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">scope=<arg></span></dt><dd><p>Sets the NetBIOS scope </p></dd><dt><span class="term">guest</span></dt><dd><p>Don't prompt for a password </p></dd><dt><span class="term">ro</span></dt><dd><p>mount read-only </p></dd><dt><span class="term">rw</span></dt><dd><p>mount read-write </p></dd><dt><span class="term">iocharset=<arg></span></dt><dd><p> + sets the charset used by the Linux side for codepage + to charset translations (NLS). Argument should be the + name of a charset, like iso8859-1. (Note: only kernel + 2.4.0 or later) + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">codepage=<arg></span></dt><dd><p> + sets the codepage the server uses. See the iocharset + option. Example value cp850. (Note: only kernel 2.4.0 + or later) + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">ttl=<arg></span></dt><dd><p> + 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 + better performance on large directories, especially + over long distances. Default is 1000ms but something + like 10000ms (10 seconds) is probably more reasonable + in many cases. + (Note: only kernel 2.4.2 or later) + </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id307924"></a><h2>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</h2><p>The variable <code class="envar">USER</code> 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.</p><p>The variable <code class="envar">PASSWD</code> 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.</p><p>The variable <code class="envar">PASSWD_FILE</code> may contain the pathname + of a file to read the password from. A single line of input is + read and used as the password.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id307955"></a><h2>OTHER COMMANDS</h2><p> + File systems that have been mounted using the <code class="literal">smbmount</code> + can be unmounted using the <code class="literal">smbumount</code> or the UNIX system + <code class="literal">umount</code> command. + </p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id307984"></a><h2>BUGS</h2><p>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.</p><p>The credentials file does not handle usernames or passwords with + leading space.</p><p>One smbfs bug is important enough to mention here, even if it + is a bit misplaced:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>Mounts sometimes stop working. This is usually + caused by smbmount terminating. Since smbfs needs smbmount to + reconnect when the server disconnects, the mount will eventually go + dead. An umount/mount normally fixes this. At least 2 ways to + trigger this bug are known.</p></li></ul></div><p>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)</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id308018"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2><p>Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt in the linux kernel + source tree may contain additional options and information.</p><p>FreeBSD also has a smbfs, but it is not related to smbmount</p><p>For Solaris, HP-UX and others you may want to look at <a href="smbsh.1.html"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">smbsh</span>(1)</span></a> or at other solutions, such as + Sharity or perhaps replacing the SMB server with a NFS server.</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id308046"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2><p>Volker Lendecke, Andrew Tridgell, Michael H. Warfield + and others.</p><p>The current maintainer of smbfs and the userspace + tools <code class="literal">smbmount</code>, <code class="literal">smbumount</code>, + and <code class="literal">smbmnt</code> is <a href="mailto:urban@teststation.com" target="_top">Urban Widmark</a>. + The <a href="mailto:samba@samba.org" target="_top">SAMBA Mailing list</a> + is the preferred place to ask questions regarding these programs. + </p><p>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.</p></div></div></body></html> |