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Date:      Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:43:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Pete French <pfrench@firstcallgroup.co.uk>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Should smbfs.sh.sample run at startup ?
Message-ID:  <20020617164155.Q4504-100000@zoot.corp.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <E17JuXO-00095N-00@mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk>

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[ This question is off-topic for freebsd-stable, FYI. ]

On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Pete French wrote:

> Just a suggestion, but should /usr/src/contrib/smbfs/examples/smbfs.sh.sample
> be copied to a directory where it will be run automaticaly as part of
> the startup by default. Either that or edit the man page for mount_smbfs
> to mention that this needs to be done before the example of how to
> mount shares from fstab will work. Currently I cant find anywhere that
> says you need to install this filebefore it will work, which is somewhat
> confusing for a new user who never had to use it from ports.
>
> Comments ? It would be nice to have it work "out of the box" so to speak.

We purposely disable the startup scripts for all ports. The user/sysadmin
should double check them before enabling to make sure that they are
correct for their particular needs.

Good luck,

Doug

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