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diff --git a/docs/manpages/smbmount.8 b/docs/manpages/smbmount.8 index 2c86b922400..f57c0b54da4 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smbmount.8 +++ b/docs/manpages/smbmount.8 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/hacks/docbook2X/> .\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, .\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>. -.TH "SMBMOUNT" "8" "09 July 2001" "" "" +.TH "SMBMOUNT" "8" "06 October 2001" "" "" .SH NAME smbmount \- mount an smbfs filesystem .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ smbmount \- mount an smbfs filesystem \fBsmbumount\fR \fBservice\fR \fBmount-point\fR [ \fB-o options\fR ] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP -\fBsmbmount\fR mounts a SMB filesystem. It -is usually invoked as \fBmount.smb\fR from +\fBsmbmount\fR mounts a Linux SMB filesystem. It +is usually invoked as \fBmount.smbfs\fR by the \fBmount(8)\fR command when using the -"-t smb" option. The kernel must support the smbfs filesystem. +"-t smbfs" option. This command only works in Linux, and the kernel must +support the smbfs filesystem. .PP Options to \fBsmbmount\fR are specified as a comma-separated list of key=value pairs. It is possible to send options other @@ -102,7 +103,9 @@ The default is based on the current umask. .TP \fBdebug=<arg>\fR sets the debug level. This is useful for -tracking down SMB connection problems. +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. .TP \fBip=<arg>\fR sets the destination host or IP address. @@ -160,19 +163,26 @@ 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 +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 "BUGS" .PP -Not many known smbmount bugs. But one smbfs bug is -important enough to mention here anyway: +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 +One smbfs bug is important enough to mention here, even if it +is a bit misplaced: .TP 0.2i \(bu Mounts sometimes stop working. This is usually caused by smbmount terminating. Since smbfs needs smbmount to -reconnect when the server disconnects, the mount will go -dead. A re-mount normally fixes this. At least 2 ways 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. .PP Note that the typical response to a bug report is suggestion @@ -182,8 +192,15 @@ when reporting bugs (minimum: samba, kernel, distribution) .PP .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP -Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt in the kernel source tree -may contain additional options and information. +Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt in the linux kernel +source tree may contain additional options and information. +.PP +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 +solutions, such as sharity or perhaps replacing the SMB server with +a NFS server. .SH "AUTHOR" .PP Volker Lendecke, Andrew Tridgell, Michael H. Warfield |