NAME
mount_smbfs
—
mount a shared resource from an SMB
file server
SYNOPSIS
mount_smbfs |
[-E
cs1: cs2]
[-I host]
[-L locale]
[-M
crights: srights]
[-N ] [-O
cowner: cgroup/ sowner: sgroup]
[-R retrycount]
[-T timeout]
[-U username]
[-W workgroup]
[-c case]
[-d mode]
[-f mode]
[-g gid]
[-n opt]
[-u uid]
// user@ server[: port1[: port2]]/ share
node |
DESCRIPTION
Themount_smbfs
command mounts a share from a remote
server using SMB/CIFS protocol.
The options are as follows:
-E
cs1:
cs2- Specifies local (cs1) and server's (cs2) character sets.
-I
host- Do not use NetBIOS name resolver and connect directly to host, which can be either a valid DNS name or an IP address.
-L
locale- Use locale for lower/upper case conversion routines.
Set the locale for case conversion. By default,
mount_smbfs
tries to use an environment variableLC_*
to determine it. -M
crights:
srights- Assign access rights to the newly created connection.
-N
- Do not ask for a password. At run time,
mount_smbfs
reads the ~/.nsmbrc file for additional configuration parameters and a password. If no password is found,mount_smbfs
prompts for it. -O
cowner:
cgroup/
sowner:
sgroup- Assign owner/group attributes to the newly created connection.
-R
retrycount- How many retries should be done before the SMB requester decides to drop the connection. Default is 4.
-T
timeout- Timeout in seconds for each request. Default is 15.
-U
username- Username to authenticate with.
-W
workgroup- This option specifies the workgroup to be used in the authentication request.
-c
case- Set a case option which affects name representation.
case can be one of the following:
- Value
- Meaning
l
- All existing file names are converted to lower case. Newly created file gets a lower case.
u
- All existing file names are converted to upper case. Newly created file gets an upper case.
-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.
-u
uid,-g
gid- User ID and group ID assigned to files. The default are owner and group IDs from the directory where the volume is mounted.
//
user@
server[:
port1[:
port2]]/
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. Optional port1 and port2 arguments can be used to override default values of port numbers used by communication protocols. For SMB over NetBIOS default value for port1 are 139, and port2 are 137. - node
- Path to mount point.
FILES
- ~/.nsmbrc
- Keeps user-specific static parameters for connections and other information. See /usr/share/examples/smbfs/dot.nsmbrc for details.
- /etc/nsmb.conf
- Keeps system-wide static parameters for connections and other information.
EXAMPLES
The following example illustrates how to connect to SMB server “SAMBA” as user “GUEST”, and mount shares “PUBLIC” and “TMP”:
mount_smbfs -I samba.mydomain.com //guest@samba/public /smb/public mount_smbfs -I 192.168.20.3 -E koi8-r:cp866 //guest@samba/tmp /smb/tmp
It is also possible to use fstab(5) for smbfs mounts (the example below does not prompt for a password):
//guest@samba/public /smb/public
smbfs rw,noauto,-N 0 0
SEE ALSO
Other resources:
- Chapter dedicated to Samba configuration in the FreeBSD Handbook: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-samba.html
STANDARDS
mount_smbfs
offers support for
SMB/CIFS/SMB1. It does not support newer versions of the protocol like SMB2
and SMB3. SMB2 and SMB3 are supported by software available in the
ports(7) collection.
The list of supported SMB servers includes:
- Samba
- Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT4.0 (SPs 4, 5, 6)
- IBM LanManager
- NetApp
HISTORY
SMB/CIFS protocol and SMB/CIFS file system implementation first appeared in FreeBSD 4.5.
AUTHORS
Boris Popov ⟨bp@butya.kz⟩, ⟨bp@FreeBSD.org⟩
BUGS
Please report bugs to the author.