Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:20:38 -0700 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: docs@freebsd.org Subject: An Example suggestion for mount_smbfs(8) man page Message-ID: <CAOgwaMv-6fakBJtJGNrQZHvLLRnW_9pTzkywyYDYGNbPdum_aw@mail.gmail.com>
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Dear All , (1) In the following page : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/networking.html there is a question : 11.16. How do I mount a disk from a Windows machine that is on my network, like smbmount in Linux? with the following text : " Use the SMBFS toolset. It includes a set of kernel modifications and a set of userland programs. The programs and information are available as mount_smbfs(8) in the base system. " In the referenced man page : http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mount_smbfs&sektion=8 there is the following example : " 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 doesn't prompt for a password): //guest@samba/public /smb/public smbfs rw,noauto,-N 0 0 " The part about /etc/fstab file of this example is not working . A working example is generated via the following mail thread : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2013-April/250500.html beginning from : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2013-April/250496.html The following text may be inserted instead of the existing /etc/fstab part : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If the following values are not defined in the Windows XP computer , "Workgroup" : Work_Group_NAME_in_Windows : "Computer name" : NetBIOS_NAME_in_Windows IP v4 number of the Windows computer IP_Number_of_the_Windows_Computer such as 192.168.10.30 with net mask 255.255.255.0 . ( The entered IP number is shown as 192.168.20.255 . ) Share_Name_in_Windows define them by logging as an administrator : >From Windows Explorer -> My Computer -> Control Panel -> Performance and Maintenance -> System -> Computer Name -> Change -> More -> ... It is also possible to use fstab(5) for smbfs mounts . The password for the Windows administrator is asked during boot . To define a share , use Windows Explorer : Highlight a drive or a directory : Click the Right mouse button . >From displayed form : Click "Sharing and Security ..." Mark Radio button : "Share this folder" If it is a directory , either accept default name or give a new name . If it is a drive , a fixed name is assigned such as G$ for G: drive . The given name is called here as Share_Name_in_Windows . With the above values : /etc/nsmb.conf : ----------------------------- [default] Workgroup=Work_Group_NAME_in_Windows [NetBIOS_NAME_in_Windows] addr=IP_Number_of_the_Windows_Computer ----------------------------- The following values are NOT required ( they are not taken into consideration ) : [NetBIOS_NAME_in_Windows:user_name_in_Windows_Administrators] password=MYTOPSECRETPASSWORD During boot , the password is asked . Without password , Windows XP is not allowing access to the share . /etc/hosts : ----------------------------- IP_Number_of_the_Windows_Computer NetBIOS_NAME_in_Windows ----------------------------- /etc/fstab : ----------------------------- //user_name_in_Windows_Administrators@NetBIOS_NAME_in_Windows/Share_Name_in_Windows /mnt smbfs rw 0 0 ----------------------------- If a mount statement is used instead of /etc/fstab entry ( or if the share is unmounted during server working and remounted manually ) : mount_smbfs -I IP_Number_of_the_Windows_Computer //user_name_in_Windows_Administrators@NetBIOS_NAME_in_Windows/Share_Name_in_Windows /mnt ( Password will be asked during mount , do not specify any password in anywhere , these are not taking into consideration .) where /mnt is the mount directory in FreeBSD server , the IP v4 number IP_Number_of_the_Windows_Computer will be replaced by actual IP number . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (2) At the end of the following page : --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-samba.html the following paragraph may be added : " 39.9.4 Becoming a Client to a Windows XP Computer For this purpose , please study mount_smbfs(8) man page . " --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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