Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:07:37 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/fstab + embedded spaces Message-ID: <6201873e0911031207v9aa739aq49e342009f0b0da1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091103200202.GA20480@ozzmosis.com> References: <BLU0-SMTP53624F939B9FDCB52DACB793B20@phx.gbl> <20091103200202.GA20480@ozzmosis.com>
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On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:02 PM, andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> wrote: > On Tue 2009-11-03 06:57:12 UTC-0500, carmel_ny (carmel_ny@hotmail.com) > wrote: > > > I was attempting to create this entry in the /etc/fstab file. It is to > > a WinXP machine. > > > > //user@bios/My Documents /laptop smbfs rw,noauto 0 0 > > > > It fails because 'fstab' does not allow embedded spaces in device > > names, not does it allow enclosing the name in quotes. > > A workaround may be to run mount_smbfs from /etc/crontab (or perhaps > the root user's crontab), eg. > > @reboot /usr/sbin/mount_smbfs -N "//user@bios/My Documents" > /laptop > > or similar. > > Regards > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > windows path's have alternate eg c:\Test~1 -- Adam Vande More
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