mount_smbfs

Mount a shared resource from an SMB file server

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] [−s] [−t gmt_token] [−v] //[

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. Additional options supported by the mount_smbfs are as follows:

nobrowse

This option indicates that the mount point should not be visible via the GUI (i.e., appear on the Desktop as a separate volume).

automounted

Set flags on the mountpoint to indicate that the volume has been mounted by the automounter.

nostreams

Don’t use NTFS Streams even if they are supported by the server.

soft

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

nonotification

Turn off using notifications for this volume.

nodatacache

Turn off using file data caching for this volume.

nomdatacache

Turn off using meta data caching for this volume.

sessionencrypt

Force session encryption to be used

shareencrypt

Force share encryption to be used for that share and also for IPC$ traffic

filemode

Specify permissions that should be assigned to files. The value must be specified as an octal number. Default value is taken from mount point.

Note that these permissions can differ from the rights granted by SMB server.

dirmode

Specify permissions that should be assigned to directories. The value must be specified as an octal number. Default value adds execute permission where the file mode gives read permission.

Note that these permissions can differ from the rights granted by SMB server.

snapshot

Do a read only mount using the specific snapshot of the share. A new session is created to allow multiple snapshots of the same share to be mounted. Value must be in GMT format e.g. @GMT-YYYY.MM.DD-HH.MM.SS

nopassprompt

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.

forcenewsession

Force a new session to be created to the server.

−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.

−h

Prints a help message, much like the SYNOPSIS above.

−s

Force a new session to be created to the server.

−t gmt_token

−v

Prints version.

//[
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 presented.

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

Note: You should always use the system mount command and never call mount_smbfs directly.

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