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MOUNT_AFP(8)              BSD System Manager's Manual             MOUNT_AFP(8)

NAME
     mount_afp -- mount an afp (AppleShare) filesystem

SYNOPSIS
     mount_afp [-i] [-o options] afp_url node

DESCRIPTION
     The mount_afp command mounts the AFP volume denoted by the afp_url
     afp://[user[;AUTH=uamname][:password]@]host[:port]/volumename at the mount point indicated by node.

     This command is normally executed by mount(8) when the -t afp option is used. If the -i option is not
     used, all the required information to establish a login to the remote server must be available in the
     afp URL, including username & password if needed.

     The arguments and options are:

     -i      Interactive mode, you are prompted for the password if you did not supply one in the url.

     -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. Addi-tional Additional
             tional options supported by the AFP Client 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 auto-mounter. automounter.
                     mounter.

     afp_url
             There are two forms of afp URL, one for TCP/IP and one for AppleTalk:

             afp://[user[;AUTH=uamname][:password]@]host[:port]/volume

             afp:/at/[user[;AUTH=uamname][:password]@]servername[:zonename]/volume

             Denotes the afp server and sharepoint to mount. It may also contain the username & password
             required to log into the server. uamname is the protocol name of the authentication method.  If
             port is not specified, then port 548 is used.

     node    Path to mount point, which must be a directory that the user has write permissions for.

EXAMPLES
     The following example illustrates how to mount the afp volume server.company.com/volumename/ at the
     mount point /Volumes/mntpnt:

           mkdir /Volumes/mntpnt
           mount_afp afp://username:userpass@server.company.com/volumename/ /Volumes/mntpnt

     This example shows the proper url to use to mount the volume guestVolume from the afp server myserver
     as guest:

           mkdir /Volumes/guest
           mount_afp "afp://;AUTH=No%20User%20Authent@myserver/guestVolume" /Volumes/guest

     This example shows the proper url to use to mount the volume myVolume from the afp server myserver
     using Kerberos authentication:

           mkdir /Volumes/myVolume
           mount_afp "afp://;AUTH=Client%20Krb%20v2@myserver/myVolume" /Volumes/myVolume


SEE ALSO
     mount(2), unmount(2), mount(8)

HISTORY
     The mount_afp command first appeared Mac OS X version 10.0. Kerberos authentication was added in Mac OS
     X version 10.2

RETURN VALUES
     0                  mount_afp successfully mounted the volume directory.

     [ENODEV (19)]      The server volume could not be mounted by mount_afp because the server was not found
                        or because the sharepoint does not exist, or because node does not have proper
                        access.

     [EACCES (13)]      The volume could not be mounted by mount_afp because the user did not provide proper
                        authentication credentials.

     [ENOTDIR (20)]     The volume could not be mounted by mount_afp because the mountpoint was not a direc-tory. directory.
                        tory.

Mac OS X                          May 8, 2002                         Mac OS X