smbfs(7fs) [opensolaris man page]
smbfs(7FS) File Systems smbfs(7FS) NAME
smbfs - CIFS/SMB file system DESCRIPTION
The smbfs file system allows you to mount CIFS shares that are exported from Windows or compatible systems. SMB is the historical name for the CIFS protocol, which stands for Server Message Block and is more commonly used in technical contexts. The smbfs file system permits ordinary UNIX applications to change directory into an smbfs mount and perform simple file and directory operations. Supported operations include open, close, read, write, rename, delete, mkdir, rmdir and ls. Limitations Some local UNIX file systems (for example UFS) have features that are not supported by smbfs. These include: o A server disconnect is not automatically reconnected. o No mapped-file access because mmap(2) returns ENOSYS. o Locking is local only and is not sent to the server. The following are limitations in the CIFS protocol: o unlink() or rename() of open files returns EBUSY. o rename() of extended attribute files returns EINVAL. o Creation of files with any of the following illegal characters returns EINVAL: colon (:), backslash (), slash (/), asterisk (*), question mark (?), double quote ("), less than (<), greater than (>), and vertical bar (|). o chmod and chown settings are silently discarded. o Links are not supported. o Symbolic links are not supported. o mknod is not supported. (Only file and directory objects are supported.) The current smbfs implementation does not support multi-user mounts. Instead, each Unix user needs to make their own private mount points. Currently, all access through an smbfs mount point uses the Windows credentials established by the user that ran the mount command. Nor- mally, permissions on smbfs mount points should be 0700 to prevent Unix users from using each others' Windows credentials. See the diperms option to mount_smbfs(1M) for details regarding how to control smbfs mount point permissions. An important implication of this limitation is that system-wide mounts, such as those made using /etc/vfstab or automount maps are only useful in cases where access control is not a concern, such as for public read-only resources. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-------------------------+---------------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-------------------------+---------------------------------+ |Availability | SUNWsmbfsu | +-------------------------+---------------------------------+ |Interface Stability | Uncommitted | +-------------------------+---------------------------------+ SEE ALSO
smbutil(1), mount_smbfs(1M), nsmbrc(4), attributes(5) SunOS 5.11 3 Feb 2009 smbfs(7FS)
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MOUNT_SMBFS(8) BSD System Manager's Manual MOUNT_SMBFS(8) NAME
mount_smbfs -- mount a shared resource from an SMB file server SYNOPSIS
mount_smbfs [-N] [-o options] [-d mode] [-f mode] [-h] [-s] [-v] //[domain;][user[:password]@]server[/share] path DESCRIPTION
The mount_smbfs command mounts a share from a remote server using SMB/CIFS protocol. The options are as follows: -N Do not ask for a password. At run time, mount_smbfs reads the ~/Library/Preferences/nsmb.conf file for additional configuration parameters and a password. If no password is found, mount_smbfs prompts for it. -o Options passed to mount(2) are specified with the -o option followed by a comma separated string of options. See the mount(8) man page for possible options and their meanings. Additional options supported by the mount_smbfs are as follows: nobrowse Indicate to the Carbon subsystem that this volume is not to be displayed to the user. automounted Set flags on the mountpoint to indicate that the volume has been mounted by the automounter. nostreams Don't use NTFS Streams even if they are supported by the server. soft Make the mount soft. Fail file system calls after a number of seconds. nonotification Turn off using notifications for this volume. -f mode, -d mode Specify permissions that should be assigned to files and directories. The values must be specified as octal numbers. Default value for the file mode is taken from mount point, default value for the directory mode adds execute permission where the file mode gives read permission. Note that these permissions can differ from the rights granted by SMB server. -h Prints a help message, much like the SYNOPSIS above. -s Force a new session to be created to the server. -v Prints version. //[domain;][user[:password]@] server[/share] The mount_smbfs command will use server as the NetBIOS name of remote computer, user as the remote user name and share as the resource name on a remote server. Domain and/or password may be specified here. If user is omitted the logged in user id will be used. Omitting share is an error when mount_smbfs is run from the command line, otherwise a browsing dialogue is presented. path Path to mount point. FILES
nsmb.conf Keeps static parameters for connections and other information. See man nsmb.conf for details. EXAMPLES
This example shows the proper url to use to mount the share PUBLIC from the SMB server myserver : mkdir /smb/public mount -t smbfs //username:userpass@myserver/PUBLIC /smb/public This example shows the proper url to use to mount the share PUBLIC from the SMB server myserver as guest: mkdir /smb/public mount -t smbfs //guest:@myserver/PUBLIC /smb/public Note: You should always use the system mount command and never call mount_smbfs directly. SEE ALSO
mount(2), nsmb.conf(5), mount(8), umount(8) BUGS
Please report bugs to Apple. AUTHORS
Boris Popov <bp@butya.kz>, <bp@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD March 10, 2000 FreeBSD