Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 12:18:08 +0200 From: infoomatic <infoomatic@gmx.at> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount SMB Message-ID: <0a30aafe-659c-43db-855d-01de824e8f9f@gmx.at> In-Reply-To: <20240829220603.c2c6fba0.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <trinity-2273f71b-07af-48f6-b8e8-b98e289db6f2-1724927699916@3c-app-mailcom-bs06> <20240829220603.c2c6fba0.freebsd@edvax.de>
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beware: mount_smbfs only supports protocol version 1, which is hardly
used any more. Modern systems have been using versions 3.11+ for a long
time now. I have been hoping for an upgrade for a long time already
On 29.08.24 22:06, Polytropon wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:34:59 +0200, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
>> I am looking for a way to mount SMB filesystems. I am using
>> smbnetfs successfully but I am not comfortable with the idea
>> of having the password of the share in a file.
>
> Would it be acceptable to have it in a file beneath /etc only
> being rw/--/-- and belonging to root:wheel? In that case, why
> not use FreeBSD's native mount_smbfs setup?
>
> In /etc/nsmb.conf:
>
> [default]
> workgroup=3DYOUR_WORKGROUP_NAME
>
> [SERVERNAME]
> addr=3D123.456.789.10
>
> [SERVERNAME:USERNAME]
> password=3DTOPSECRET
>
> where SERVERNAME and USERNAME correspond to the server's name
> and the username you use to access the share (with the proper
> password). If no password is provided, mount will ask for it.
>
> See "man nsmb.conf" for details.
>
> Integrate it in /etc/fstab:
>
> //USERNAME@SERVERNAME/SHARENAME /smb/share smbfs rw,noauto 0 0
>
> Add "drive letters" ("//blah.../c$") if absolutely needed.
> Leave out "noauto" if you want the system to mount the share
> at startup. If not, mount it like any normal filesystem
> interactively:
>
> # mount /smb/share
>
> Please note that this is "old man's advice" and may not apply
> anymore, because now you need a smartphone app and a paid
> subscription in order to mount SMB shares... ;-)
>
> There is also a FreeBSD Handbook chapter about SMB / CIFS and
> its integration. There's also a FAQ section.
>
>
>
>> Keep in mind that I am after a terminal-only solution and not
>> after a X11 file browser.
>
> The provided solution might work. Good luck!
>
>
>
>
> --
> Polytropon
> Magdeburg, Germany
> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
>
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