MOUNT_AFP(8)                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 fol-
             lowed by a comma separated string of options. See the mount(8)
             man page for possible options and their meanings.

     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[:zone-
             name]/volume

             Denotes the afp server and sharepoint to mount. It may also con-
             tain 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.

EXAMPLES
     The following example illustrates how to mount the afp volume
     idisk.mac.com/membername/ at the mount point /Volumes/mntpnt/:

           mount_afp afp://membername:memberpass@idisk.mac.com/membername/ /Volumes/mntpnt/
     This example shows the proper url to use to mount the volume guestVolume
     from the afp server myserver as 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:

           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]           The server volume could not be mounted by mount_afp
                        because the server was not found or because the share-
                        point does not exist, or because node does not have
                        proper access.

     [EACCES]           The volume could not be mounted by mount_afp because
                        the user did not provide proper authentication creden-
                        tials.

Mac OS X                          May 8, 2002                         Mac OS X