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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] //[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. Addi-tional Additional
             tional 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 auto-mounter. automounter.
                     mounter.

             streams
                     Use NTFS Streams if supported by the server.

             soft    Make the mount soft.  Fail file system calls after a number of seconds.

     -f mode, -d mode
             Specify permissions that should be assigned to files and directories.  The values must be spec-ified specified
             ified 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.

     //[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 pre-sented. presented.
             sented.

     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


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