smbmount

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SMBMOUNT(8)							  SMBMOUNT(8)



NAME
       smbmount - mount an smbfs filesystem

SYNOPSIS
       smbmount {service} {mount-point} [-ooptions]

DESCRIPTION
       smbmount	 mounts	 a  Linux  SMB	filesystem.  It is usually invoked as
       mount.smbfs by the mount(8) command when using the "-t smbfs"  option.
       This  command  only  works  in  Linux, and the kernel must support the
       smbfs filesystem.

       WARNING:	 smbmount  is  deprecated  and	not  maintained	 any  longer.
       mount.cifs (mount -t cifs) should be used instead of smbmount.

       Options	to  smbmount  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 fail-
       ures, check your kernel log for errors on unknown options.

       smbmount is a daemon.  After  mounting  it  keeps  running  until  the
       mounted smbfs is umounted. It will log things that happen when in dae-
       mon mode using the "machine name" smbmount, so typically	 this  output
       will  end  up in log.smbmount. The smbmount process may also be called
       mount.smbfs.

       Note
       smbmount calls smbmnt(8) to do the actual mount. You  must  make	 sure
       that smbmnt is in the path so that it can be found.

OPTIONS
       username=<arg>
	  specifies  the  username  to connect as. If this is not given, then
	  the environment variable
	   USER is used. This option can also take the	form  "user%password"
	  or "user/workgroup" or "user/workgroup%password" to allow the pass-
	  word and workgroup to be specified as part of the username.

       password=<arg>
	  specifies the SMB password. If this option is not  given  then  the
	  environment  variable	 PASSWD	 is  used. If it can find no password
	  smbmount will prompt for a password, unless  the  guest  option  is
	  given.

	  Note	that passwords which contain the argument delimiter character
	  (i.e. a comma ’,’) will failed to be parsed correctly on  the	 com-
	  mand	line.  However, the same password defined in the PASSWD envi-
	  ronment variable or a credentials file (see  below)  will  be	 read
	  correctly.

       credentials=<filename>
	  specifies a file that contains a username and/or password. The for-
	  mat of the file is:




	  username = <value>
	  password = <value>



	  This is preferred over having passwords in plaintext	in  a  shared
	  file,	 such  as /etc/fstab. Be sure to protect any credentials file
	  properly.

       krb
	  Use kerberos (Active Directory).

       netbiosname=<arg>
	  sets the source NetBIOS name. It defaults to the local hostname.

       uid=<arg>
	  sets the uid that will own all files on the mounted filesystem.  It
	  may be specified as either a username or a numeric uid.

       gid=<arg>
	  sets	the gid that will own all files on the mounted filesystem. It
	  may be specified as either a groupname or a numeric gid.

       port=<arg>
	  sets the remote SMB port number. The default is  445,	 fallback  is
	  139.

       fmask=<arg>
	  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 cur-
	  rent umask.

       dmask=<arg>
	  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.

       debug=<arg>
	  Sets	the debug level. This is useful for tracking down SMB connec-
	  tion problems. A suggested value to start with is  4.	 If  set  too
	  high there will be a lot of output, possibly hiding the useful out-
	  put.

       ip=<arg>
	  Sets the destination host or IP address.

       workgroup=<arg>
	  Sets the workgroup on the destination

       sockopt=<arg>
	  Sets the TCP socket options. See  the	 smb.conf(5)  socket  options
	  option.

       scope=<arg>
	  Sets the NetBIOS scope

       guest
	  Don’t prompt for a password

       ro
	  mount read-only

       rw
	  mount read-write

       iocharset=<arg>
	  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)

       codepage=<arg>
	  sets	the codepage the server uses. See the iocharset option. Exam-
	  ple value cp850. (Note: only kernel 2.4.0 or later)

       ttl=<arg>
	  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)

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       The variable USER 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.

       The variable PASSWD 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.

       The variable PASSWD_FILE may contain the pathname of a  file  to	 read
       the  password  from.  A	single	line of input is read and used as the
       password.

OTHER COMMANDS
       File systems  that  have	 been  mounted	using  the  smbmount  can  be
       unmounted using the smbumount or the UNIX system umount command.

BUGS
       Passwords and other options containing , can not be handled. For pass-
       words an alternative way of passing them is in a credentials  file  or
       in the PASSWD environment.

       The credentials file does not handle usernames or passwords with lead-
       ing space.

       One smbfs bug is important enough to mention here, even if it is a bit
       misplaced:

       ·  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.

       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)

SEE ALSO
       Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt in the linux	 kernel	 source	 tree
       may contain additional options and information.

       FreeBSD also has a smbfs, but it is not related to smbmount

       For  Solaris,  HP-UX and others you may want to look at smbsh(1) or at
       other solutions, such as Sharity or perhaps replacing the  SMB  server
       with a NFS server.

AUTHOR
       Volker Lendecke, Andrew Tridgell, Michael H. Warfield and others.

       The  current  maintainer	 of  smbfs  and the userspace tools smbmount,
       smbumount, and smbmnt is Urban Widmark. The SAMBA Mailing list is  the
       preferred place to ask questions regarding these programs.

       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.




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