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author | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2009-01-09 11:22:00 +0100 |
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committer | Karolin Seeger <kseeger@samba.org> | 2009-01-12 09:38:21 +0100 |
commit | da752d5d212a5b2d3b84ce88e2141a0ecfb3f5a7 (patch) | |
tree | 188a97745d5cea56163b823b5c4951cd7350aaac /docs-xml | |
parent | deff29ad0d320108aa6992ebe96d770cd893c868 (diff) | |
download | samba-da752d5d212a5b2d3b84ce88e2141a0ecfb3f5a7.tar.gz |
docs: Improve man mount.cifs.
Add hint about specifying the workgroup in the credentials file.
Whitespace cleanup.
This fixes bug #4541.
Patch based on proposed patch from Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>.
Thanks for reporting and providing a patch!
Karolin
(cherry picked from commit 1f7e09ea542df3a2f5f553c0cb11a39c74712950)
(cherry picked from commit b99d98ff2ef5491979301656e7f516d3c8829f6e)
Diffstat (limited to 'docs-xml')
-rw-r--r-- | docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml index ff9ab66debe..93823654b87 100644 --- a/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml +++ b/docs-xml/manpages-3/mount.cifs.8.xml @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ to be specified as part of the username. <listitem><para>specifies the CIFS password. If this option is not given then the environment variable -<emphasis>PASSWD</emphasis> is used. If the password is not specified +<emphasis>PASSWD</emphasis> is used. If the password is not specified directly or indirectly via an argument to mount, <emphasis>mount.cifs</emphasis> will prompt for a password, unless the guest option is specified. </para> @@ -106,14 +106,16 @@ below) or entered at the password prompt will be read correctly. <listitem><para> specifies a file that contains a username - and/or password. The format of the file is: + and/or password and optionally the name of the + workgroup. The format of the file is: </para> <programlisting> username=<replaceable>value</replaceable> password=<replaceable>value</replaceable> + workgroup=<replaceable>value</replaceable> </programlisting> - + <para> This is preferred over having passwords in plaintext in a shared file, such as <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. Be sure to protect any |