MOUNT_SMBFS(8)              System Manager's Manual             MOUNT_SMBFS(8)

NAME
     mount_smbfs - mounts a shared resource from an SMB file server

SYNOPSIS
     mount_smbfs [-I host] [-M cmode[/smode]] [-N]
                 [-O cowner[:cgroup]/sowner[:sgroup]] [-R retrycount]
                 [-T timeout] [-U user] [-W workgroup] [-d mode] [-f mode]
                 [-g gid] [-h] [-n opt] [-u uid] //[workgroup;][user[
                 password]@] server[/share] path

DESCRIPTION
     The mount_smbfs command mounts a share from a remote server using
     SMB/CIFS protocol.

     The options are:

     -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.

     -M cmode[/smode]
             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 the 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.

     -T timeout
             Timeout in seconds for each request.

     -U user
             Specifies the user name to be used in the authentication request.

     -W workgroup
             Specifies the workgroup to be used in the authentication request.

     -f mode, -d mode
             Specify permissions that should be assigned to files and directo-
             ries.  The values must be specified as octal numbers.  Default
             value for the file mode is taken from mount point, default value
             for the dir 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.

     -n opt  Set opt option to affect file name lookups.  opt can be one of
             the following:

             Value    Meaning

             long     No long names.  Server supports only "8.3" format.

     -u uid, -g gid
             User id and group id assigned to files.  The default is owner and
             group id from directory where the volume is mounted.

     //[workgroup;][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.  Workgroup 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
     ~/.nsmbrc      Keeps static parameters for connections and other informa-
                    tion.  See ./examples/dot.nsmbrc for details.

EXAMPLES
     The following illustrate how to connect to an SMB server SAMBA as user
     GUEST to mount PUBLIC:

           mount_smbfs -I samba.mydomain.com //guest@samba/public /smb/public

BUGS
     Please report bugs to Apple.

AUTHORS
     Boris Popov <bp@butya.kz>, <bp@freebsd.org>

FreeBSD                          Mar 10, 2000                          FreeBSD