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diff --git a/packaging/Mandrake/mount.cifs.8 b/packaging/Mandrake/mount.cifs.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..7ab1be305c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/packaging/Mandrake/mount.cifs.8 @@ -0,0 +1,181 @@ +.\" 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 as \fBmount.cifs\fR 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 +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 cifs is umounted. It will log things that happen +when in daemon mode using the "machine name" mount.cifs, so +typically this output will end up in +\fIlog.mount.cifs\fR. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.TP +\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. +.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. +.TP +\fBport=<arg>\fR +sets the remote cifs port number. By default +port 445 is tried then if no response port 139 is tried. +.TP +\fBfmask=<arg>\fR +sets the file mask. This determines the +permissions that remote files have in the local filesystem. +The default is based on the current umask. +.TP +\fBdmask=<arg>\fR +sets the directory mask. This determines the +permissions that remote directories have in the local filesystem. +The default is based on the current umask. +.TP +\fBdebug=<arg>\fR +sets the debug level. This is useful for +tracking down cifs 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. +.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 +\fBiocharset=<arg>\fR +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) +.TP +\fBcodepage=<arg>\fR +sets the codepage the server uses. See the iocharset +option. Example value cp850. (Note: only kernel 2.4.0 +or later) +.TP +\fBttl=<arg>\fR +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) +.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 "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 in the linux kernel +source tree may contain additional options and information. +.SH "AUTHOR" +.PP +Steve French +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. |